Photo: Philkon Phil Konstantin / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
What strikes me most about Lamont Dozier is that he was less a songwriter than an architect of joy. Fourteen US number ones is not luck; it is a system, a blueprint for melody that he and the Holland brothers refined into a Motown machine. I find it remarkable that a kid from Detroit could shape the emotional vocabulary of an entire generation, and that those songs still leap out of any radio decades later. He passed in 2022, but craftsmen like him do not really leave. The 2009 Johnny Mercer Award felt like the bare minimum of what he was owed.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lamont Dozier
- Name (Japanese)
- ラモント・ドジャー
- Reading
- らもんと・どじゃー
- Born
- June 16, 1941 – August 8, 2022
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Snake
- Origin
- Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- record producer / singer / songwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2009 Johnny Mercer Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.lamontdozier.com
- Xhttps://x.com/lamontdozier
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamont%20Dozier
Frequently asked questions
When was Lamont Dozier born?
June 16, 1941 – August 8, 2022.
Where is Lamont Dozier from?
Lamont Dozier is from Detroit, Michigan, United States.
What does Lamont Dozier do?
Lamont Dozier works as record producer, singer, songwriter.
Record producer — see all → · Singer — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.