Motown hitmaker Lamont Dozier has died, aged 81

Tributes have begun pouring in for Late Lamont Dozier. Brandon Williams, the Grammy winner

The fundamental songwriting and creation group for Berry Gordy’s Motown Records in the year 1962.

Dozier, alongside Brian Holland, filled in as the melodic arranger and maker/producer

They molded the well-known Detroit name’s persuasive sound, with tracks like This Old Heart of Mine

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One more English artist, Alison Moyet, had a hit with the Dozier-wrote track Invisible.

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