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Thread #171574   Message #4150072
Posted By: voyager
12-Aug-22 - 11:04 AM
Thread Name: Obit: Motown Maestro Lamont Dozier (1941-2022)
Subject: Obit: Lamont Dozier - Motown Maestro
From the UK Guardian - Lamont Dozier - Legacy (Motown Blockbuster Songwriter)

What a string of hits - ... songs he wrote with Brian and Eddie Holland in the 60s and early 70s: Baby Love, Nowhere to Run, Stop! In the Name of Love, Reach Out I’ll Be There, Heatwave, I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch), Band of Gold, You Can’t Hurry Love, You Keep Me Hangin On and Bernadette among them – a catalogue that meant Holland-Dozier-Holland stood out even amid the riches of songwriting and production talent assembled at Motown. There’s a fair argument for calling this collection of songs the greatest in the history of pop.

I love the Four Tops!
voyager