Lamont Dozier
from Rock & Roll High School With Pete Ganbarg
An exclusive never-before-heard interview with legendary songwriter, producer and recording artist, Lamont Dozier, one of the primary architects of the Motown Sound, one-third of Holland-Dozier-Holland and responsible for writing and producing over 54 #1 hits for The Supremes, The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, The Temptations and a host of others. Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame (from which he received the 2009 Johnny Mercer Award), he was named Best New Male Pop Vocalist from Billboard and earned a GRAMMY Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Brit Award, Britain’s distinguished Ivor Novello honor and an Oscar nomination for the song, “Two Hearts,” his collaboration with Phil Collins for the soundtrack for Buster. In 2007, Lamont received the prestigious Thornton Legacy Award from USC, where he served as an Artist in Residence professor for the Popular Music program through the distinguished Thornton School of Music, which has established the highly sought after “Lamont Dozier Scholarship” in perpetuity.
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An exclusive never-before-heard interview with legendary songwriter, producer and recording artist @rockhall and Songwriters Hall of Fame Inductee, @RecordingAcademy GRAMMY Award, Golden Globe Award, @brits Award, and Ivor Novello recipient Lamont Dozier; one of the primary architects of the Motown Sound and one-third of Holland-Dozier-Holland he was responsible for writing and producing over 54 #1 hits for The Supremes, The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, The Temptations and more.
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