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Lamont Dozier

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Lamont Herbert Dozier (Template:IPAc-en;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> June 16, 1941 – August 8, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer from Detroit.<ref name="LarkinSM">Template:Cite book</ref> He co-wrote and produced 14 US Billboard number-one hits and four number ones in the UK.

CareerEdit

Dozier was a member of Holland–Dozier–Holland, the songwriting and production team responsible for much of the Motown sound and numerous hit records by artists such as Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, The Four Tops, and The Isley Brothers.<ref name="LarkinSM"/> Along with Brian Holland, Dozier served as the team's musical arranger and producer, while Eddie Holland concentrated mainly on lyrics and vocal production.<ref name="LarkinSM"/> Along with the Holland Brothers, Dozier followed his work for Motown Records as founder and owner of Invictus Records and Hot Wax Records, producing top-charting hits for acts Freda Payne, Honey Cone, Chairmen of the Board, and 100 Proof Aged in Soul.<ref name="LarkinSM" />

Early yearsEdit

Dozier recorded a few unsuccessful records for various Detroit labels before the trio started working together as a writing and production team for Motown in 1962.<ref name="LarkinSM"/> They first made their mark the following year with Martha and The Vandellas' early hits, including "Come and Get These Memories" (number 6 R&B), "Heatwave" (number 1 R&B, number 4 pop), and "Quicksand" (number 8 pop).Template:Citation needed

In 1964, "Where Did Our Love Go" became the first of ten number 1 pop hits which Holland–Dozier–Holland would write and produce for the Supremes over the next three years or so. After Holland–Dozier–Holland left Motown in 1968 to form the Invictus and Hot Wax labels, Dozier began recording as an artist on their labels.<ref name="LarkinSM"/> The most successful song, recorded in 1972, was "Why Can't We Be Lovers" (number 9 Billboard R&B).<ref name="LarkinSM"/> Dozier departed from Holland–Dozier–Holland in 1973,<ref name="LarkinSM"/> and was replaced by new arranger-producer Harold Beatty.Template:Citation needed

PerformerEdit

Dozier went on to record a number of albums as a performer in his own right, also writing much of the material. The 1977 album, Peddlin' Music on the Side (Warner Bros. Records) contained "Going Back to My Roots", which was later recorded by Odyssey.<ref name="LarkinSM"/> The earlier Out Here On My Own (Probe Records) featured the single "Fish Ain't BitinTemplate:' " (#4 R&B, No. 26 pop).<ref name="Awards"/>

He had his biggest hit with 1974's "Trying to Hold on to My Woman" (ABC),<ref name="LarkinSM"/> which reached No. 15 on the pop chart and No. 4 on the R&B chart. For the second season of the TV sitcom That's My Mama (ABC, 1975), Dozier wrote and sang the theme song, replacing the first season's instrumental only theme music. In 1981, he scored a beach music hit with "Cool Me Out" and also in that year released the single "Shout About It" from his LP Lamont. This track had considerable airplay on UK soul radio stations as well as being promoted by UK DJ Robbie Vincent in the early 1980s to a British audience.Template:Citation needed

ComposerEdit

Dozier had another number-one hit as a songwriter in the 1980s, joining with Phil Collins to write the song "Two Hearts" for the movie soundtrack for Buster.<ref name="AllMusic">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> "Two Hearts" received a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, tying with "Let the River Run" from Working Girl by Carly Simon; an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song; and a Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television.<ref name="Awards"/> Collins and Dozier also co-wrote "Loco in Acapulco" for The Four Tops, which is also featured on the Buster Soundtrack.<ref name = Williams>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 1984, Essex, England-born singer Alison Moyet scored a U.S. top-40 hit with the Dozier-penned "Invisible".<ref name = Williams/> Three years later, Dozier cowrote "Infidelity" and "Suffer" with Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall for the British pop-soul band's second album, Men and Women. In 1989, they teamed again to write "You've Got It" and "Turn It Up" for Simply Red's follow-up LP, A New Flame.Template:Citation needed

In 1987, Dozier composed alone a song for the soundtrack of another film: the song "Without You", which was recorded as a duet by the R&B singers Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle,<ref name="Without you1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> to be the love theme from the comedy film Leonard Part 6, released the same year.<ref name="cine">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The song was released as a single and entered the United States and United Kingdom music charts, peaked at No. 8 on the Adult Contemporary Tracks,<ref name="Billboard1">Template:Cite magazine</ref> No. 14 on the R&B chart,<ref name="Billboard2">Template:Cite magazine</ref> No. 85 on the UK Singles,<ref name="UKcharts">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and No. 89 on the Billboard Hot 100 (1987–88). "Without You" was also recorded for the Peabo Bryson album Positive, released in 1988.Template:Citation needed

"Without You" also received two adaptations: the first was in Portuguese<ref name="rosana">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the second was in Spanish,<ref name="rosana"/> in 1989 and 1990, respectively.<ref name="rosana"/> Both adaptations received the title "Amor Dividido"<ref name="rosana"/> and were recorded by the Brazilian singer Rosana;<ref name="rosana"/> The Spanish version of "Amor Dividido" was performed as a duet by Rosanah Fienngo (known mononymously as Rosana) with the Mexican singer Emmanuel.<ref name="rosana"/>

Dozier is one of the many writers on Motown: The Musical.<ref name="Motown Denver">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Awards and honorsEdit

Dozier and the Holland brothers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.<ref name="Rock and roll Hall of Fame">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2009, he worked on the music for the musical stage version of the 1996 movie The First Wives Club.Template:Citation needed He also taught credit courses on popular music as an Artist-in-Residence Professor on the faculty at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music in 2008.Template:Citation needed

Personal life and deathEdit

Dozier was married three times and had six children. His first two marriages, to Elizabeth Ann Brown and to Daphne Dumas, both ended in divorce. His third marriage, to Barbara Ullman, lasted from 1980 until her death in 2021. They had three children. Dozier died at his home near Scottsdale, Arizona, on August 8, 2022, at the age of 81.<ref name="Williams" /><ref name="Edwards">Template:Cite news</ref>

DiscographyEdit

AlbumsEdit

Year Album Chart positions Label
US Pop
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US R&B
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1973 Out Here on My Own 136 11 ABC
1974 Black Bach 186 27
Love and Beauty — — Invictus
1976 Right There — 59 Warner Bros.
1977 Peddlin' Music on the Side — 59
1979 Bittersweet — —
1981 Working on You — — Columbia
Lamont — — M&M
1983 Bigger Than Life — — Demon Records
1991 Inside Seduction — 28 Atlantic
2004 Reflections of Lamont Dozier — 74 Jam Right/Zebra
2018 Reimagination — — citation CitationClass=web

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"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

SinglesEdit

As a member of The Romeos

  • "Gone, Gone, Get Away" (1957); Fox 749
  • "Moments to Remember You By" (1957); Fox 846

As a member of The Voice Masters:

  • "Hope and Pray" (1959); Anna 101
  • "Needed" (1959); Anna 102
  • "In Love in Vain" (1960); Frisco 15235

As a member of Ty Hunter and The Voice Masters:

  • "Orphan Boy" (1960); Anna 1114
  • "Free" (1960); Anna 1123

As La Mont Anthony:

  • "Popeye (The Sailor Man)" (1961) withdrawn, and replaced by "Benny the Skinny Man" (same backing track, new vocal); Anna 1125
  • "Benny the Skinny Man" (1961); Anna 1125
  • "Just to Be Loved" / "I Didn't Know (What a Good Thing I Had)" (1961); Checkmate 1001

As Lamont Dozier and a member of Holland-Dozier (Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland):

Year Title Peak chart positions
US Pop
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UK
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1962 "Dearest One" ― ― ― ― ―
1972 "Why Can't We Be Lovers" (as Holland-Dozier) 57 9 ― 90 29
"Don't Leave Me Starvin' for Your Love" (as Holland-Dozier) 52 13 ― ― ―
1973 "New Breed Kinda Woman" (as Holland-Dozier) ― 61 ― ― ―
"Trying to Hold on to My Woman" 15 4 ― 43 ―
"Fish Ain't BitinTemplate:' " 26 4 ― 45 ―
1974 "Let Me Start Tonite" 87 4 ― ― ―
"All Cried Out" ― 41 ― ― ―
1976 "Can't Get Off Until the Feeling Stops" ― 89 ― ― ―
1977 "Going Back to My Roots" ― ― 35 ― ―
1979 "Boogie Business" ― ― 47 ― ―
1981 "Shout About It" ― 61 ― ― ―
1991 "Love in the Rain" ― 60 ― ― ―
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

As composerEdit

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ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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