Lamont Dozier

All the soulful stuff.

And to get you in the mood, we're going to play a track from a 1976 album from Lamont Dozier.

The album was called Right Here.

And the track, Groovin' on a Natural High.

He began in the music industry as a musician, recording engineer, composer, songwriter, and record producer.

developing a deep understanding of the creative process and the technologies that help artists bring ideas to life over the course of his career tony has worked in various recording capacities with acclaimed artists and entertainment figures including mary wells lamont dozier cap stevens Billy Ocean, Beck, The Temptations, Alan Parsons, George Martin, that would be Sir George to me, Paul Carrick, Brian Johnson, Ray Manzarek, Elaine Page, Albert Lee, Ainsley Dunbar, Stanley Clark, Chick Corea, Shannon R, David Pomerantz, Stacey Keach, and Chuck Lorre.

And the list goes on.

As a producer, he recorded for labels including Decca, AIR, Sony, Columbia, Hansa, Moest, Magnet, and Trend Records.

So they drove me.

The first session I ever did was with Lamont Dozier, like of Holland Dozier Holland, you know, like the Motown, the number one writing and producing team for Motown.

And I'm like 16 years old, like doing a session and what an experience, you know, and then telling my friends, my 16 year old friends, what I just did.

Yeah.

It took a man universally known for heavy-gated reverb drum angst and instantly recast him as a joyful, chart-topping pop historian.

The track itself was originally penned by the legendary Motown production team of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland.

They drew inspiration from a gospel song titled You Can't Hurry God, He's Right on Time by Dorothy Love Coates and the Gospel Harmonettes.

In 1966, the Supremes took that structure, backed by the legendary groove of the Funk Brothers, and drove it all the way to the top of the US Billboard Hot 100, though it peaked at number three in the UK.

There will be a couple samples I'll mention here.

um so it's worthwhile talking let's talk about the album a little bit here uh because there's some folks to talk about so the recording sessions were between 1966 and 67 at motown's legendary hitsville that's right uh hitsville uh usa studio a in detroit is produced and largely written by motown royalty you know brian holland lamont dozier and eddie holland otherwise his hdh um i took that

once in college did you yeah blacked out did you that's nice woke up better

isn't that what uh stallone uses to look young

So in 1966, Holland Dozier Holland were writing songs for the Four Tops to record for an album.

Lamont Dozier said he wanted to write a journey of emotions with sustained tension like a bolero.

That was his idea.

And he developed the lyrics with Eddie Holland, aiming for them to sound, quote, as though they were being thrown down vocally.

The second Motown song to hit number one in the U.K. First hit was Baby Love by the Supremes.

Big one.

One more shout out to Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland, who wrote dozens of huge hits for Motown, including I love a good list.

Heat wave.

It was released on November 4th, 1964 as the single, and then later on the album in January 21st of 1965.

It was written by the legendary Motown trio of Holland, Dozier and Holland, That's Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland.

It was produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier.

And it was recorded at Hitsville USA Studio A in Detroit, Michigan on July 24th, 1964.

The song's title was directly inspired by a popular catchphrase used by actor and comedian Jackie Gleason.

Whenever Gleason was touched by an audience's applause or a warm reception, he would exclaim, how sweet it is.

How sweet it is.

Co-writer Lamont Dozier took that phrase and developed a romantic fantasy around it.

Well, one more before we get to the first feature, which is the Motown moment.

Odyssey, with their cover of Lamont Dozier's 1977 LP track, Going Back to My Roots, a number four from 1981.

Going back to my roots, yeah To face up my birth Back down to earth I've been standing in the rain Dripped and soaked with pain Helmets Roots, yeah To waste on my birds Going back to my roots

Going back to my roots, that's Odyssey, which leads us right into the Motown moment.

It's Gertrude for Chris Alexander on this bang holiday Sunday here on Stomp.

Lamont Dozier off the album, pending on the music side.

And a track called Family, going out to all the Stomp family out there.

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