Joel Higgins

During college, he sang in coffee houses to earn tuition money. Worked for General Motors for six months after graduating college. Enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1968 and was stationed in Korea. Wrote jingles for Kool-Aid, Trident chewing gum, Coors beer and M&Ms. Made his Broadway debut in the musical Shenandoah in 1975. Appeared in the Broadway musical Angel in 1978, opposite Fred Gwynne; it closed after only five performances. Wrote the theme song to Lucille Ball's 1986 sitcom Life With Lucy. Was inducted to his high school's Hall of Fame in 2004.