David Lucas
Biography
David Lucas (born David Helfman April 21, 1937) is an American rock and roll composer, singer, and music producer. He has written thousands of commercial jingles, such as AT&T's "Reach Out and Touch Someone." In 1981, he received a Clio Award for composing the music to Pepsi's "Catch That Pepsi Spirit." As a record producer, he worked with many new artists such as Blue Öyster Cult. On the 1976 Blue Öyster Cult song "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" which he co-produced, Lucas sang backup vocals and came up with the idea for using a cowbell, parodied by Christopher Walken in the "More cowbell" skit on Saturday Night Live. In June 2011, Lucas was inducted into Buffalo's Music Hall of Fame.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Agents Of Fortune
1976
Blue Öyster Cult
1972
Spectres
1977
Club Ninja
1986
Hallucinations: Psychedelic Pop Nuggets From The WEA Vaults
2004
Don't Fear The Reaper: The Best Of Blue Öyster Cult
2000
(Don't Fear) The Reaper
1976
Come To The Sunshine: Soft Pop Nuggets From The WEA Vaults
2004
All For A Reason
1977
All For A Reason
1978
Credited work
515 releases · 61 albums · active 1965–2025
- Production · 497
- Performance · 139
- Engineering · 91
- Other credits · 22
Studios: Record Plant, N.Y.C. · The Warehouse, New York City · The Hit Factory · Sony Music Studios, New York City
Frequent collaborators
- Blue Öyster Cult
- Various
- Alessi
- Charlie Brown (7)
- Etta Cameron
- Rachele Cappelli
- The Pendulum
- The Salt