Holland–dozier–holland: History, Solo Career, Last Years, Legacy, Production, Song & More!

Lamont Dozier and the Holland brothers, Brian and Eddie, worked together as a songwriting and production duo.  The trio created a large number of songs that contributed to the Motown sound’s emergence in the 1960s.  From 1962 to 1967, Dozier and Brian Holland served as the songs’ composers and producers, and Eddie Holland provided the lyrics and vocal arrangements.

The Supremes and the Four Tops’ singles, including 10 of the group’s 12 US No. 1 singles, such as “Baby Love,” “Stop! In the Name of Love,” and “You Keep Me Hangin’ On,” were among their most well-known productions.

They utilised the collective alias “Edythe Wayne” instead of writing under their names from 1969 to 1972 due to a legal issue with Motown. After the trio left Motown, they continued to collaborate as a songwriting and producing team up until roughly 1974 (Eddie Holland was added to the producer credits).

The group was admitted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1988.

History

In the early 1960s, the trio first worked together at Motown. Before the Motown record company was established, Eddie Holland had been working with Berry Gordy, the man behind the 1958 Mercury song “You,” one of Gordy’s initial creations. Eddie Holland later had a career as a Motown recording artist and achieved a US Top 30 hit with “Jamie” in 1961.

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In 1961, Brian Holland, a member of the Motown crew and co-composer of the Marvelettes’ US No. 1 hit “Please Mr Postman,” also achieved success.  In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Dozier recorded for several labels, including the Anna label (run by Berry Gordy’s sister) and the Motown division Mel-o-day.

The three men eventually collaborated to develop content for both their work and that of other musicians, but they soon realised they preferred writing and producing to performing (especially Eddie, who suffered from stage fright and retired from performing in 1964). Numerous songs, including 25 Number 1 smash singles, were written and produced for Motown singers by them, including “Heat Wave” for Martha and the Vandellas and “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” for Marvin Gaye.

Lawsuits and solo careers

H-D-H, as they were known, got into a fight with Berry Gordy Jr. in 1967 over profit-sharing and royalties. By early 1968, the trio had departed the label when Eddie Holland ordered the others to create a work slowdown.  They launched their own, marginally successful labels, Invictus Records and Hot Wax Records.

H-D-H filed a countersuit after Motown filed a lawsuit for a contract breach. One of the longest legal battles in the history of the music industry was the one that followed. They could not use their names on songs they wrote because they were legally bound to Motown’s publishing division, Jobete; instead, their work was ascribed to Wayne-Dunbar, with “Edythe Wayne” serving as a pseudonym and Ronald Dunbar as an associate who was a songwriter and producer. In 1977, the dispute was resolved.

In 1973, Dozier quit Holland-Dozier-Holland Productions, Inc. (HDHP) and started over as a solo performer.

[1] Dozier and 31 other people were sued in 1975 by HDHP and Invictus Records on grounds of conspiracy to impede trade and other offences. A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit in 1982. Dozier was replaced by Harold Beatty in the middle of the 1970s, and HDHP began writing and producing songs for various acts. In the 1970s, HDHP even produced music for Motown performers like The Supremes and Michael Jackson while its legal dispute with the label was ongoing. In 2008, Dozier said, “Just as Berry Gordy needed to take care of his business, which led to the case, we filed the action as a means of taking care of our own unfinished business. Love is love, and business is business.”

Due to similarities between portions of the song “The Other Side” (from the album Pump) and the Holland-Dozier-Holland song “Standing in the Shadows of Love,” Holland-Dozier-Holland threatened to sue the band Aerosmith in 1989. Aerosmith decided to add Holland-Dozier-Holland to the composition credits in the album’s liner notes to avoid legal action.

Later years

While the Holland Brothers (without any involvement from Lamont Dozier) own HDH Records and Productions, which releases recordings from the Invictus and Hot Wax catalogues as well as original material, Dozier had his own production company and continued to work as a solo artist, producer, and recording artist.

Legacy

Long-time BMI songwriters Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland all became members of the performing rights company in 1960. They have received numerous BMI Awards, including Million-Air and Pop Awards.  Holland-Dozier-Holland were recognised as BMI Icons at the 51st BMI Pop Awards on May 13, 2003.

In the song “Levi Stubbs’ Tears” from the 1986 Billy Bragg album Talking with the Taxman about Poetry, as well as in the lyrics of the Magnetic Fields’ song “The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure” from their 1999 album 69 Love Songs, Holland-Dozier-Holland are mentioned, along with the Four Tops and their vocalist Levi Stubbs, Norman Whitfield, and Barrett Strong.

2010 saw the induction of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland into the Michigan Rock & Roll Legends Hall of Fame.

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Production

Holland brothers without Dozier

Billboard Top Ten hit songs (US pop chart)

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