10 Facts About Lamont Dozier

Lamont Herbert Dozier was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer from Detroit, Michigan.

Lamont Dozier co-wrote and produced 14 US Billboard number-one hits and four number ones in the UK.

Lamont Dozier was a member of Holland–Lamont Dozier–Holland, the songwriting and production team responsible for much of the Motown sound and numerous hit records by artists such as Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, The Four Tops, and The Isley Brothers.

Lamont Dozier recorded a few unsuccessful records for various Detroit labels before the trio started working together as a writing and production team for Motown in 1962.

Lamont Dozier departed from Holland–Lamont Dozier–Holland in 1973, and was replaced by new arranger-producer Harold Beatty.

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Lamont Dozier went on to record a number of albums as a performer in his own right, writing much of the material.

Lamont Dozier had another number-one hit as a songwriter in the 1980s, joining with Phil Collins to write the song "Two Hearts" for the movie soundtrack for Buster.

Collins and Lamont Dozier co-wrote "Loco in Acapulco" for The Four Tops, which is featured on the Buster Soundtrack.

Three years later, Lamont Dozier cowrote "Infidelity" and "Suffer" with Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall for the British pop-soul band's second album, Men and Women.

Lamont Dozier taught credit courses on popular music as an Artist-in-Residence Professor on the faculty at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music in 2008.