Lamont Dozier: Motown hitmaker dies aged 81

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

Motown hitmaker Lamont Dozier, who penned songs for The Supremes, The Four Tops and The Isley Brothers, as well as Marvin Gaye and Martha and the Vandellas, has died aged 81.
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As part of the Holland, Dozier, Holland songwriting team, he had many number one records and also won Grammy awards.

Their hits include Baby Love, Nowhere to Run, How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You) and You Can't Hurry Love.
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Born in Detroit in 1941, Dozier recorded a few unsuccessful records for different local labels before teaming up with the Holland brothers as the main songwriting and production team for Berry Gordy's Motown Records in 1962.

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[brush]

1. RIP, Lamont Dozier. He contributed much to the success...

of Motown and its many hit records.

[ChazII]

2. So much talent lost

this first part of August. Condolences to everyone who knew him and to all of us who enjoyed his music.

[Solly Mack]

3. He gave a lot of joy.

[ancianita]

4. A great American talent.

[Ford_Prefect]

5. How sweet it was, indeed. Flights of angels will be singing you home Lamont.

[johnp3907]

6. Levi Stubbs' Tears.

Norman Whitfield and Barratt Strong
Are here to make right everything that's wrong
Holland and Holland and Lamont Dozier too
Are here to make it all okay with you

[Tikki]

7. Aaaah..an important, dynamic man..RIP

(1973)

Please note..all the references to Nixon.

Tikki

[msongs]

8. well I can sing hundreds of his songs from memory. thanks for the good times Mr. Dozier nt

[FailureToCommunicate]

9. The talent behind so much of the soundtrack of my neighborhood. And songs that helped dates...

go the way I hoped.

Rest In Peace great Motown man.

[iluvtennis]

10. May Lamont Dozier Rest in Peace and May his Memory be a Blessing.

What a talented songwriter he was.

[question everything]

11. In reporting this, "China Beach" theme song "Reflection" was played

It was written and produced by Dozier and Holland

[electric_blue68]

12. Aw, condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues!

In NYC after the Beatles hit, along with The British Invasion, Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, the SF groups...the other batch of talent were the Mowtown, and Stax groups etc that were on pop & rock radio when I was a tween/teen mid '60's onward.

[crickets]

13. He was responsible for much of the soundtrack to my childhood and tweens.

Thank you for that, Lamont Dozier. You live on in your music.