Friday on my Mind 221: Nowhere to Run. RIP Lamont Dozier
Posted in 1960s, Events dear boy. Events, Friday On My Mind, Music at 20:00 on 12 August 2022
Another to add to this week’s list. Lamont Dozier, one third of that superb Motown hit writing trio Holland-Dozier-Holland has also died. It is fair to say that it was their song-writing abilities along with the prowess of the Funk Brothers that made Motown.
The Holland-Dozier-Holland Wikipedia page has a list of their songs. These are only the US hits that made the top ten there.
Many at the time considered the following to be a love song. It is in fact codedly political.
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas: Nowhere to Run
I’ll be posting more Lamont Dozier songs in the future.
Lamont Herbert Dozier: June 16/61941 – August 8/8/2022. So it goes.
Tags: Friday On My Mind, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Lamont Dozier, Martha Reeves and The Vandellas, Nowhere to Run
San
17 August 2022 at 14:45
I’ve just read the lyrics and, well, I wouldn’t have made it as a codebreaker, despite LD saying it was partially inspired by seeing tanks in the streets.
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