“Rest in peace, dad!” wrote on Instagram, Tuesday August 9, 2022, the son of Lamont Dozier without disclosing the causes of the death of one of the greatest singers and songwriters of soul.
Born June 16, 1941, raised in a Detroit family entirely focused on music, he joined the choir of his church as a child. Passionate about discipline, he began to write and compose his first songs and melodies at the age of 11. Dozier triumphed in the 1960s: he signed with Motown Records as a singer, before teaming up with brothers Brian and Eddie Holland.
Together they write hits like Where Did Our Love Go and Stop! In The Name of Love for The Supremes. The trio chained the successes for the groups The Miracles, The Four Tops or Marvin Gaye. “It was like winning the lottery every time,” Dozier had fun in his autobiography published in 2019.
After leaving Motown and the Holland brothers in the 1970s, the artist pursued a solo career. He records the tube Why Can’t We Be Lovers, then ranked sixth on the R’nB chart. In 1973, the artist released his first album Out Here on My Own, which went gold. A year later, his second album was also successful. The following will have more difficulty to climb to the top of the rankings.
Alongside his singing career, he expanded his range with pop-rock megastar Phil Collins. The title Two Hearts won a Golden Globe and a Grammy Award. Dozier and the Holland brothers were also rewarded by having their names on the mythical Hollywood walk of fame and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the 1990s.
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