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Lamont Dozier: From those stories. Josh Kun: Earlier today you were telling what is, I guess by now, within the Lamont history, the great story of �Stop In The Name of Love,� which, just for the sake of retelling it, you should share with the people, because it s a good one.Lamont Dozier: Yes. I got caught doing wrong. I ll put it that way. My girlfriend caught me cheating. And she tracked me down( Beau Dozier music)

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Beau Dozier => That was our niche, that rich mixture of sounds. If you really take apart the Holland-Dozier- Holland songs, you would hear gospel, classical, jazz, even some country and western. All mixed together and blended. It s like making a cake. It either tastes good or bad or you don t have the right ingredients in it. A chicken cacciatore, you leave out one little bit, you miss it. So we tried to make sure that our songs had all of these ingredients so the flavor was just right and you get this thing that s just so infectious that it makes you want to get up and do something. Dance when you can t dance.

Without Lamont, artists like the Supremes and the Four Tops and Martha Reeves and Marvin Gaye would not be the artists that we know them as today. Indeed, I really think it s impossible to even think about what 20th century American pop music would have sounded like without our guest today. He remains one of the most popular, most recognized, most covered songwriters in the world. In 1990, he and the Holland Brothers were finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and with good reason.

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That was our niche, that rich mixture of sounds. If you really take apart the Holland-Dozier- Holland songs, you would hear gospel, classical, jazz, even some country and western. All mixed together and blended. It s like making a cake. It either tastes good or bad or you don t have the right ingredients in it. A chicken cacciatore, you leave out one little bit, you miss it. So we tried to make sure that our songs had all of these ingredients so the flavor was just right and you get this thing that s just so infectious that it makes you want to get up and do something. Dance when you can t dance.

I think the true test of a song s greatness is its ability to endure cover versions and Lamont s legacy has been covered by everyone from � I don t think there s a single living artist who can claim this � everyone from the hardcore Long Beach Mexican Ranchera Queen, Jenni Rivera, to �80s new wave king, Soft Cell, to James Taylor, The Who, and I ll just list off a few other minor artists like the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Barbara Streisand, Eric Clapton, Michael Jackson, and Rod Stewart.

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When they re translating his records into all these other languages, I thought, okay, maybe I ll do his thing. Josh Kun: But as Beau started writing and producing and doing his own thing, the pop musical landscape obviously was quite different than it was when you started. Are there things about his writing and his contemporaries that have actually started to influence you or that have affected you in some way?

In fact, we ll get at that; we ll hear that one in a second. And if you remember Joss Stone s GAP ads from a little bit back, that was all Beau s work on those songs. I know his family is really proud of him. I m really happy that he s here and I m thrilled that both of you are here to have this conversation.

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Beau Dozier songwriter => Lamont Dozier: In say, �Where Did Our Love Go?� or any of the songs for that matter, we would make demos. The three of us, the Holland Brothers and myself, were all singers. We were all from the church and we all sang. So we would make our own demos with all of the reflections and all of our performance ideas crammed into the song. And we gave them the demo, usually a little cassette � no, not a cassette, a reel to reel tape in those days!

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Josh Kun: That s so different in many ways from, particularly within hip hop and R&B these days and in pop, the way songs are written. We ve talked a lot before about the impact of sampling and using Pro Tools and using available materials in one form or another. I actually want to play the JoJo track really quick, as a � this is a track you produced, right? Beau Dozier: Right.

What was it like growing up in this household? Lamont Dozier: I guess it was sort of a lot of confusion, in one sense. I think Beau could probably tell you more. He was always looking at � I remember him watching all of the people that would come over, the musicians, Phil Collins or whoever � and Beau would be watching their feet. I guess he was about three years old. He d just be on the floor watching their feet! And I said, what are you looking at? He says, their feet.

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Without Lamont, artists like the Supremes and the Four Tops and Martha Reeves and Marvin Gaye would not be the artists that we know them as today. Indeed, I really think it s impossible to even think about what 20th century American pop music would have sounded like without our guest today. He remains one of the most popular, most recognized, most covered songwriters in the world. In 1990, he and the Holland Brothers were finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and with good reason.

Then when I get home, I listen to my messages and play the melody, putting chords around it if it comes around. Or sometimes I sit in the studio and make tracks all day long and then a writer or an artist will come over and say, I like that one. Okay, cool, get out. And then we ll write something real quick on the spot.

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Beau Dozier profile => He said, I don t like the sound with Pro Tools. I m like, dude, you re not going to be able to tell the difference. And you sit there and forget how much studio time you actually waste rewinding the tape. Josh Kun: And your time is not cheap. Beau Dozier: Oh, man, definitely not. I m glad it wasn t my dollar.

I get home and I have 30 voicemails and it s all this song! I go home and have the demo singer come over and demo it and we put it all together. Josh Kun: So the two of you have collaborated on a handful of songs now, right? Beau Dozier: Yes, a few songs. Josh Kun: What was that process like? Any battles?

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Then when I get home, I listen to my messages and play the melody, putting chords around it if it comes around. Or sometimes I sit in the studio and make tracks all day long and then a writer or an artist will come over and say, I like that one. Okay, cool, get out. And then we ll write something real quick on the spot.

I used to go to the A&P and ask people to help them to their car, you know, help take their groceries to the car for a tip. And every dime I got, I would go and � I think records were about a quarter then, some of the 45s or something like that � I would get records and I would just listen to them and listen to them.( Beau Dozier discography)

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Beau Dozier: Oh, a sample is basically when you take somebody else s record and there might be an available four bars of a song and you take it and incorporate it in a new song. It would probably be the driving force of your track. For the JoJo song we took �Africa� from Toto, and then we added some drums to the first four bars of the song. It happens a lot in hip hop and in R&B music. Unidentified Audience Member: You ll actually borrow someone else s �?

They re just dancing and having fun and it evokes a fun spirit and that s what it is. But sometimes when you want to hear a real record � there s artists that, again, you ll have an organic thing with and you ll have a song with changes and it ll keep growing and it ll be a big metamorphosis. It really just depends on who the artist is. I think it s 50/50, it s equal. Josh Kun: I thank you both for being here. Thank all of you for coming today. Lamont Dozier: Thank you.

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About Beau Dozier => Lamont Dozier: Oh, okay. You know what, that s the first time. Somebody else was talking to me about this song. Josh Kun: I heard recently � Lamont Dozier: I said, what are you talking about? You know, the Madonna, �Like a Virgin?� Josh Kun: Yes. Lamont Dozier: You know, after all these years, I just now heard what she was talking about! Wow!

Unidentified Audience Member: The picture will never change. Lamont Dozier: Yes, she thought that was me. That wasn t me. But I mean, that s a girl. She was a model, a black model back in the �70s. Yes, there s some nice songs on that. Unidentified Audience Member: I wanted to ask you: Drew and I are both pretty involved in the Detroit hip hop community and I wanted to know what you think it was about the 1960s that made Motown so accessible and pushed it so far out into the world?

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Beau Dozier: Really, it depends on who you re working with. As a matter of fact, I had heard that record, not �Africa,� but I knew the sample. I always had it in my head, but I never knew who did it. I wanted to use it. And my friend, Justin, came over and said sample one of these and he played it. I was like, Wow! I ve been trying to sample this for three or four years and do the record.

Josh Kun: Did anyone ever want to be Oates? Beau Dozier: I don t think so. I don t know. But I don t think so. Josh Kun: He didn t seem like he was a star. I felt so bad for him always. What about the Motown stuff that you heard? Was that a big influence on the way you thought about songs?

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Then when I get home, I listen to my messages and play the melody, putting chords around it if it comes around. Or sometimes I sit in the studio and make tracks all day long and then a writer or an artist will come over and say, I like that one. Okay, cool, get out. And then we ll write something real quick on the spot.

Beau Dozier: It s your thing, you know: number one songs. Lamont Dozier: MTV wouldn t play it when it first came out. Beau Dozier: Yes, MTV was like � Lamont Dozier: And now that s all you hear on MTV. Beau Dozier: But then as soon as MTV was done with their little anti-rap campaign, they were the first ones to have Yo! MTV Raps. It s crazy.( Beau Dozier Songs)

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Info about Beau Dozier => Beau Dozier: I feel like it really depends on the project that you re working on, because sometimes you get in with a band and you want it to be organic. You get a bunch of players together and you chart out your song and jam like they used to do back then. Sometimes there s one guy sitting at a computer that has all these sample libraries and everything. But look at Amy Winehouse. She can go in and get that whole sound, with the exact same technique like it s always been. It stays around. It just really depends on who the artist is.

I ll get them in here to do this song and I don t have to pay for it. It won t be stuck on me. So, sure enough, they came in. And what Gladys Horton did, she went around and told the girls, they got a song they trying to pedal on you, don t you go for it, or else y all girls will never have anything if you go for this.

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And a song as simple as �Where Did Our Love Go,� my first number one hit by the Supremes, had that kind of a mood in it. And I was [Singing] Baby, baby, baby. Of course you have to have some background: There was snow up to here in Detroit. It was cold and my girlfriend had dumped me for my best friend and, you know, all the proppings that help write the song.

Beau, Lamont s son, I really think does represent the next generation of where this art of making things okay is going next. Born and raised in Detroit, where he was fed a steady diet of gospel and classical music, Lamont is best known as part of the famous Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting team, who are responsible for some of this country s most famous and most enduring popular songs. There would be no Motown sound without Lamont.

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Lamont Dozier: Yes. My aunt was a big influence on me. She was taking lessons and the music teacher, Mr. Shaw, was rough. She was in there playing that piano. My grandmother called me and said, Lamont, you want to take piano lessons? Then I hear something, Pow! He had this stick. Every time she hit a wrong note, Whack! Lamont, you want to take some lessons? I said, No thank you! I d take off running. Josh Kun: Where s my red wagon?

Unidentified Audience Member: Thank you so much. Thank you. Unidentified Audience Member: I guess this question is for Mr. Dozier, senior. Could you talk a little bit about the creative process? I mean, to what extent would you interact with Diana Ross or Flo Ballard or Martha Reeves? You come in with the song, but obviously they re going to perform it. How much back and forth was there? What was the creative process there?

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About Beau Dozier songwriter => He did that a couple of times. �Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch,� or �Reach Out,� whatever, he was another one of those one take guys. Sometimes Diana Ross, when she wasn t pissed off at everybody, would get one in one or two takes, too, you know. Josh Kun: We have time for two quick � these will be the last two quick questions.

Beau Dozier: Really, it depends on who you re working with. As a matter of fact, I had heard that record, not �Africa,� but I knew the sample. I always had it in my head, but I never knew who did it. I wanted to use it. And my friend, Justin, came over and said sample one of these and he played it. I was like, Wow! I ve been trying to sample this for three or four years and do the record.( Beau Dozier Songs)

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He said, I don t like the sound with Pro Tools. I m like, dude, you re not going to be able to tell the difference. And you sit there and forget how much studio time you actually waste rewinding the tape. Josh Kun: And your time is not cheap. Beau Dozier: Oh, man, definitely not. I m glad it wasn t my dollar.

But what stuck with me, even though I didn t quite understand what he was singing about, was that Bragg was talking about popular music s greatest power, the power to heal us, to make our lives better, to make us happy after a long day s work, to sooth us after a bad breakup. That s what pop songs really are for, to let us heal from our pain, to let us celebrate our joys. But most importantly, we do all that through the emotions of other people, through the lyrics and lives and words and music of someone else s songs.

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Beau Dozier: Yes, I was more into the stuff from his solo records. I didn t really get influenced by the Motown stuff until I think we were at a BMI awards one night. He gets a BMI award basically every single time. And then �Baby, I Need Your Loving� comes on and I m like, Wow, that s a beautiful record. There s something about the strings in it.

He s worked with the likes of B2K, which some people might know � there s some resistance to B2K; I had my B2K moves ready, but Beau told me not to do them � as well as artists like Avant. Clearly he s inherited the gift of �love storyteller.� There s a long list of artists that Beau has worked with as well: Boyz II Men, 3OW, Backstreet Boys, and most notably perhaps, JoJo and Joss Stone.

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Beau Dozier Hits => Please welcome Lamont and Beau Dozier. Lamont Dozier: Hello. Josh Kun: You on? We got you. You guys hear Lamont okay? Beau? Beau Dozier: Yes, I think so. Josh Kun: Okay, good. So first off, first of all, thank you both. Lamont Dozier: My pleasure. Josh Kun: It s really wonderful to have you here.

In fact, we ll get at that; we ll hear that one in a second. And if you remember Joss Stone s GAP ads from a little bit back, that was all Beau s work on those songs. I know his family is really proud of him. I m really happy that he s here and I m thrilled that both of you are here to have this conversation.

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Beau Dozier: Well, the thing is, yes and no. When I was growing up, my dad had a bunch of solo records. I remember he had a song called �Fly Away Little Bird� and I used to put it on and start crying. I was threeyears- old.

Lamont Dozier: Oh, okay. You know what, that s the first time. Somebody else was talking to me about this song. Josh Kun: I heard recently � Lamont Dozier: I said, what are you talking about? You know, the Madonna, �Like a Virgin?� Josh Kun: Yes. Lamont Dozier: You know, after all these years, I just now heard what she was talking about! Wow!( Beau Dozier)

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Lamont Dozier: Yes, it has. You know, when he first started bringing home some of his rap friends, I said, what in the world? A lot of people say I m from the old school. So when he and his friends were talking and rapping, I was trying to figure out what they were saying: What is this mess? You know? And he said, Dad, you have to understand. This is the new thing. I said, the new what? I was really totally down on it.

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