David Lucas

about

David Lucas (Helfman) was born in Buffalo, NY. He was a record promotion man for Paul Anka, Frankie Avalon, Sam Cook, The Everly Brothers, Pat Boone and many others. He was a performer in Miami Beach where he met drummer Buddy Rich and toured the world. Lucas moved to Los Angeles where he produced several artists and was the production singer at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas where he was discovered by Doris Day and was signed to Arwin Records. Lucas then moved to New York where he engineered and produced various artists like Laura Nyro, Ravi Shankar (produced by Timothy Leary), Joao & Astrud Gilberto, Tim Rose, Cass Elliot, along with established artists Jimmy Smith, Bill Evans, Mel Torme, Terry Gibbs and others. Lucas wrote and produced jingles for Maclean's Toothpaste with Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz. His other early jingles included: Pall Mall. "The Seven minute Cigarette" with Jackie Cain and Roy Kral. Lark cigarettes With Roger Kellaway. Yardley Slicker Canoe cologne, Breck Basic, Evening in Paris, Chips Ahoy, Yellow Pages, Mt. Airy Lodge and went on to write & produce many hit jingles like: AT&T's "Reach Out and Touch Someone", "GE We Bring Good Things To Life", "Catch That Pepsi Spirit", Coca Cola's "You Can't Beat The Feeling", "Give Your Cold To Contac", Dean Witter, Burger King, Pepsi Light, Mountain Dew, Maxwell House, and hundreds more. In 1969 Quincy Jones introduced Lucas to Cy Coleman who signed him to Coleman’s Notable Music

top songs

albums

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Singin' In The Rain (2012 London Cast Album)

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Perfect Pitch Disc 2

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Hvor Er Du Nu

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Relative Pitch

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David Lucas's Album

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Reflektere

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Downriver

Bible & Blues

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Singin' in the Rain (2012 London Cast)

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[Unknown Album]

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Te Amo

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Agape

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