Legendary songwriter Lamont Dozier, an integral part of the Motown sound thanks to his songwriting contributions for Diana Ross and The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Martha and The Vandellas and The Four Tops, died this morning at 81, according to anIn 1962, Dozier joined brothers Brian and Eddie Holland in the songwriting trio Holland-Dozier-Holland and went on to write scores of hits for Detroit-based Motown over the next several years, including 10 No. 1s for The Supremes alone.
” For their efforts, Holland-Dozier-Holland were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame two years later. The trio left Motown in 1968 and launched their own labels, Invictus and Hot Wax, with Dozier recording as a solo artist for both. Amid a lengthy lawsuit with Motown over royalties and profit-sharing, the Holland-Dozier-Holland partnership dissolved in the mid-1970s.