H-D-H (HOLLAND-DOZIER-HOLLAND)

H-D-H (HOLLAND-DOZIER-HOLLAND). Song-writing combine (org. in Detroit, Michigan, in late 1950s). The songwriting trio, Brian Holland , Lamont Dozier , and Edward Holland , all natives of Detroit, Michigan, were early employees of Berry Gordy's Motown Records. Brian Holland (b. 15 February 1941) and Dozier (b. 16 June 1941) began writing songs for Gordy in 1959; Eddie Holland (b. 30 October 1939) became a collaborator in 1962. Until 1969 the...