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Janie Bradford obituary

Songwriter who contributed to the first record made at Motown’s Detroit studio and co-wrote many of the label’s hits

The Guardian - UK

‘I can out-dance Bowie and Jagger!’ Martha Reeves on Motown, Dancing in the Street and smashing crockery with Dusty Springfield

Now 84, the voice of Heat Wave and Jimmy Mack is releasing a new album. She answers your questions on Marvin Gaye, popularising the roundabout and why she hates cover versions of her songs

The Guardian - UK

Motown’s Black women songwriters and producers were the invisible architects behind the pop music juggernaut

During the 1960s, in a country divided by racial strife, the music of Berry Gordy Jr.’s Motown Records helped bring people together.

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Abdul 'Duke' Fakir, last of the original Four Tops, is dead at 88

The last surviving original member of the Four Tops has died

The Independent UK

War, disastrous sex and a lot of lawsuits: the chaotic aftermath of Motown’s peak years

Disenchanted with Motown, star songwriters Holland-Dozier-Holland set up a pair of bold new labels: Hot Wax and Invictus. As a new box set is released, its artists remember their personal, political songs – and exhausting battles

The Guardian - UK

Barrett Strong: the Motown hitmaker was modest almost to a fault

Though he was quick to credit others’ contributions, Strong’s songwriting was absolutely critical to the label that remade American pop music

The Guardian - UK

Lamont Dozier, legendary Motown songwriter and producer, dead at 81

DETROIT — Even as a child, Lamont Dozier was drawn to words and how those words connected to music.

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Lamont Dozier, Motown co-songwriter and producer of hits such as ‘You Can’t Hurry Love’ and ‘Heatwave,’ dead at 81

From 1963 to 1967, Dozier and brothers Brian and Eddie Holland crafted more than 25 top 10 songs.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lamont Dozier: the Motown master craftsman who created miracles under pressure

As one third of a legendary songwriting and production partnership, Dozier produced a slew of indelible hits that expressed the joy and frustration of a whole generation

The Guardian - UK

Songwriter Lamont Dozier who co-wrote hits for the Supremes and Four Tops has died

Dozier died at 81. As part of the songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland, he co-wrote dozens of hits, including "Baby Love," "Heat Wave" and "Reflections," helping to define the Motown sound.

WEKU

Lamont Dozier obituary

Member of the trio who wrote and produced songs that built the Motown legend and helped define popular music in the 1960s

The Guardian - UK

Motown songwriter-producer Lamont Dozier dead at 81

Motown songwriter-producer Lamont Dozier has died at age 81

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