Classic Pop Songwriters of all Time | HOLLAND-DOZIER-HOLLAND (MOTOWN) | Albums That Should Exist

Covered: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland, Volume 1: 1961-1963

01 Please Mr. Postman (Marvelettes)

02 Playboy (Marvelettes)

03 Someday, Someway (Marvelettes)

06 Come and Get These Memories (Martha & the Vandellas)

04 Strange I Know (Marvelettes)

07 [Love Is Like A] Heat Wave (Martha & the Vandellas)

05 Locking Up My Heart (Marvelettes)

08 Mickey's Monkey (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles)

09 You Lost the Sweetest Boy (Mary Wells)

10 Can I Get a Witness (Marvin Gaye)

11 I Gotta Dance to Keep from Crying (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles)

12 Quicksand (Martha & the Vandellas)

13 When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes (Supremes)

14 A Love like Yours [Don't Come Knocking Everyday] (Martha & the Vandellas)

15 Leaving Here (Eddie Holland)

Covered: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland, Volume 2: 1964

01 Live Wire (Martha & the Vandellas)

02 Run, Run, Run (Supremes)

03 You're a Wonderful One (Marvin Gaye)

04 In My Lonely Room (Martha & the Vandellas)

05 Just Ain't Enough Love (Eddie Holland)

06 The Girl's Alright with Me (Temptations)

07 Where Did Our Love Go (Supremes)

08 Baby I Need Your Loving (Four Tops)

09 Candy to Me (Eddie Holland)

10 Girl [Why You Wanna Make Me Blue] (Action)

11 Baby Don't You Do It [Don't Do It] (Marvin Gaye)

12 Baby Love (Supremes)

13 Come See about Me (Supremes)

14 How Sweet It Is [To Be Loved by You] (Marvin Gaye)

15 He Was Really Sayin' Somethin' (Velvelettes)

Covered: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland, Volume 3: 1965

01 Stop, In the Name of Love (Supremes)

02 Beauty Is Only Skin Deep (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles)

03 Nowhere to Run (Martha & the Vandellas)

04 Back in My Arms Again (Supremes)

05 I Can't Help Myself [Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch] (Four Tops)

06 Lonely, Lonely Girl Am I (Velvelettes)

07 It's the Same Old Song (Four Tops)

08 Mother Dear (Supremes)

09 Nothing but Heartaches (Supremes)

10 1 2 3 (Len Barry)

11 Take Me in Your Arms [Rock Me a Little While] (Kim Weston)

12 Love [Makes Me Do Foolish Things] (Martha & the Vandellas)

13 I Hear a Symphony (Supremes)

14 Something about You (Four Tops)

15 My World Is Empty without You (Supremes)

16 Everything Is Good about You (Supremes)

 

Paul Says: 

"This has been a long time coming. I consider the songwriting team of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland - typically just referred to as Holland-Dozier-Holland, one of the greatest songwriting entities of all time, right up there with the likes of Lennon-McCartney and Bob Dylan. They wrote so many worthy songs that I've made seven albums for my Covered songwriter series. I believe that's the most so far, just beating out the songwriting duo of Gerry Goffin & Carole King with six albums.

"If you think about the dozens and dozens of Motown classic hits from the 1960s, Holland-Dozier-Holland wrote most of them. Unfortunately, they left the Motown company in 1968 due to a disagreement about their role and how much they should be paid. But they formed their own record companies and continued to write many hits well into the 1970s. Their collaboration slowly fell apart that decade, but they still had some individual successes well after the 1970s, even into the 2000s."

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