The Hello and a very warm welcome to another edition of So-Dakeer on songwriting. This is Brian joined by my long time

cohort Simon and boy do we have a special episode for you. Now don't get me wrong

all of our episodes are special, they're all our babies, but for this one we've actually made a rare trip beyond the 20

foot high razor-top to electrified perimeter fence that surrounds so de jaker towers

into the fearsome outside world. Why? Because we had an appointment with one of the most successful

songwriters in history, that's why. He's perhaps best known as one third of a

writing and production powerhouse and a co- architect of the unmistakable Motown sound which helped to define popular music in the 60s and beyond.

With his partners Brian and Eddie Holland he dominated the charts in the US and internationally

with a raft of hit singles written for the likes of the

Supremes, The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye and Martha Reeves and the Vandelers, many of which are now

regarded as standards of the pop music idiom. If our calculations are correct,

he has to date been involved with a quite stupefying 54 number one hits.

Just a few of them. Baby love, how sweet it is to be loved by you. You keep me hanging on, nowhere to run, you can't hurry love, stop in the name of love, I can't help myself, and reach out I'll be there.

Dear listeners, if you're anything like me

you'll feel like you know these songs better than your immediate family.

Anyway all listen we haven't even told you his name yet.

We are truly humble to welcome the legendary Lamondosia to the podcast.

As we record this episode in late August 2015, Mr. Dozia is visiting our first city to participate in this year's

Liverpool International Music Festival or L-I-M-F or L-L-F, or L-L-F, and well what kind of podcasters would we be if we didn't seize

upon such a golden opportunity to speak with a giant of 20th century pop music on our home turf.

Ergo, this morning we paid Lamont a visit at his hotel in Liverpool City

Centre and spent a quite magical hour in this company and experience we won't be forgetting in a hurry.

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