consecutive US No. 1s. Their bitter departure from Motown in 1967 over artistic and royalty disagreements was Gordy’s biggest mistake, triggering a gradual decline in the label’s pop pre-eminence. Holland-Dozier-Holland formed their own labels Hot Wax and Invictus, and had some 1970s chart success with Chairmen Of The Board (‘Give Me Just A Little More Time’) and Freda Payne ...
(Vocal group, 1961–77) The jewels in the crown of Motown’s golden years, The Supremes’ sophisticated act and sound were the TV-friendly face of soul music, winning them 12 No. 1s including a 1964–65 run of five in a row from hitmakers Holland-Dozier-Holland. Many, like: ‘You Can’t Hurry Love’ and ‘You Keep Me Hanging On’, became pop classics. ...
arrived. Turning back on the European market, they managed a few more chart strikes before Noone went solo in 1971. Styles & Forms | Sixties | Rock Personalities | Holland-Dozier-Holland | Sixties | Rock ...
Taking their name from raunchy gospel singer Della Reese, The Vandellas were the earthy alternative to Motown’s girl-group sophisticates The Supremes, making pop and R&B Top 10s with Holland-Dozier-Holland belters like ‘Heatwave’, ‘Dancing In The Streets’ and ‘Jimmy Mack’. By 1967, the pressure to compete took its toll in drug addiction and depression, and The Vandellas dissolved ...
first US pop No. 1 in 1961. It led to a run of nearly 30 pop and R&B chart entries, from the label’s best writers and producers, including Holland-Dozier-Holland and Norman Whitfield. They were country girls, not ghetto singers; by the mid-1960s they had been replaced in the affections of both Berry Gordy and the public by the ...
both revolutionary and controversial in later years. Artists were signed on salaries and ordered to perform the material that Gordy insisted upon. The house producers and composers – Robinson, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Ashford/Simpson, Whitfield/Strong – were all-important. The in-house band The Funk Brothers (pianist Joe Hunter, guitarist Dave Hamilton, drummer Benny Benjamin and the legendary James Jamerson on ...
the brothers and sisters there.’ Dave Godin, soul guru and the first to use the phrase ‘northern soul’ in the Blues And Soul magazine in 1971 Leading Exponents Holland-Dozier-Holland The Four Tops Edwin Starr Jackie Wilson The Impressions Robert Knight The Velvelettes R. Dean Taylor Dobie Gray Ramsey Lewis Trio Introduction | Soul & R&B Styles & Forms | ...
persuaded him to press and distribute his own records. Gordy never looked back as Motown became a studio and, using one of the most successful songwriting teams ever in Holland-Dozier-Holland, created worldwide hits for the likes of The Supremes, Four Tops, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Marvin Gaye and The Temptations. Another name, Stevie Wonder ...
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