08-09-2022, 06:19 PM
More musical deaths. Not sure why. Another great 60s artist has died at 81. Co-composer with Brian and Eddie Holland of the greatest Motown hits, Lamont Dozier.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lam...-rcna42156
Lamont Dozier, Motown songwriter behind 'Baby Love' and other hits, dies at 81
Lamont Dozier, the Motown songwriter behind hits such as the Supremes’ “Baby Love” and “You Keep Me Hanging On,” has died, his family said overnight.
As one-third of the iconic songwriting group Holland-Dozier-Holland, Dozier was behind a string of hits from major artists including the Supremes, the Four Tops, the Isley Brothers and Martha and the Vandellas.
Their catalog highlights include “You Can’t Hurry Love,” “Baby, I Need Your Loving,” “Stop! In The Name of Love,” “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” and more, according to the Songwriters Hall of Fame, which credited the trio's work as forming a "major part of the Motown success."
Holland-Dozier-Holland was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1988 and later into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.
According to the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Dozier, who was born and raised in Detroit, grew up "surrounded by music as a child" and started writing lyrics and music before he was a teenager.
More at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamont_Dozier
Along with Brian Holland, Dozier served as the team's musical arranger and producer, while Eddie Holland concentrated mainly on lyrics and vocal production
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lam...-rcna42156
Lamont Dozier, Motown songwriter behind 'Baby Love' and other hits, dies at 81
Lamont Dozier, the Motown songwriter behind hits such as the Supremes’ “Baby Love” and “You Keep Me Hanging On,” has died, his family said overnight.
As one-third of the iconic songwriting group Holland-Dozier-Holland, Dozier was behind a string of hits from major artists including the Supremes, the Four Tops, the Isley Brothers and Martha and the Vandellas.
Their catalog highlights include “You Can’t Hurry Love,” “Baby, I Need Your Loving,” “Stop! In The Name of Love,” “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” and more, according to the Songwriters Hall of Fame, which credited the trio's work as forming a "major part of the Motown success."
Holland-Dozier-Holland was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1988 and later into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.
According to the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Dozier, who was born and raised in Detroit, grew up "surrounded by music as a child" and started writing lyrics and music before he was a teenager.
More at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamont_Dozier
Along with Brian Holland, Dozier served as the team's musical arranger and producer, while Eddie Holland concentrated mainly on lyrics and vocal production