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Brian Holland at Eighty: The Essential Holland-Dozier-Holland
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THIS is another birthday Lockdown Playlist…
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but not one concerning an artist. The legendary songwriter Brian Holland was born on 15th February, 1941. He is best known as a member of Holland–Dozier–Holland: the songwriting and production team that was responsible for much of the Motown sound and numerous hit records by artists such as Martha & The Vandellas, The Supremes (it is sad that we lost The Supremes’ Mary Wilson recently), the Four Tops, and The Isley Brothers. Holland, along with Lamont Dozier, served as the team's musical arranger and producer. He has written or co-written one-hundred-and-forty-five hits in U.S. and seventy-eight in the U.K. To mark his eightieth birthday tomorrow, here is a collection of the best of Holland–Dozier–Holland. If you are not familiar with the work of Lamont Dozier, Brian and Eddie Holland, then I hope this provides a useful guide. Happy eightieth birthday to the great Brian Holland. Here is an assortment of classic tracks that he wrote alongside his brother and Lamont Dozier. These songs made a big impact upon their release but, more than that, they will…
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STAND the test of time.