How did you come up with the reach out, I'll be their hook?ĮDDIE HOLLAND: I'm not sure. GROSS: Eddie Holland, you were the lyricist on this song. And in this case, we found this broken tambourine that seemed to match just what we needed for that feeling, you know? And we just thought - well, the feeling of the music was - it almost dictated that we have some type of feeling like that going through, that little galloping thing that you mentioned. There was a tambourine without the little shakers on it. LAMONT DOZIER: The feeling of it, you know - I think there was a broken tambourine. You know what I mean? Little different sounds like that makes a record interesting, especially on an intro. TERRY GROSS: In the intro, is that almost kind of, like, galloping horse drumbeat (laughter) - was that the idea of one of you?īRIAN HOLLAND: Well, it was - Lamont and I came up with the - you know what I mean? We thought about that. I'll be there with a love that will you see you through.
I'll be there with a love that will shelter you. THE FOUR TOPS: (Singing) Now, if you feel that you can't go on because all of your hope is gone, and your life is filled with much confusion, until happiness is just an illusion, and your world around is crumbling around, darling, reach out. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE") They began with one of their hits for the Four Tops, which, by the way, became part of the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress. We're going to listen to Terry's 2003 interview with Lamont Dozier and Brian and Eddie Holland. The team was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. And there you were.īIANCULLI: Holland, Dozier and Holland wrote more than 80 singles that reached the top 40 in the pop or R&B charts, including 10 No. Ooh, baby, I needed the shelter of someone's arms. MARVIN GAYE: (Singing) How sweet it is to be loved by you. In and out my life, come and you go, leaving just your picture behind. THE FOUR TOPS: (Singing) Sugar pie, honey bunch, you know that I love you. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I CAN'T HELP MYSELF (SUGAR PIE HONEY BUNCH)") It's the heartbreak I know will come 'cause I know you're no good for me. MARTHA AND THE VANDELLAS: (Singing) Nowhere to run to, baby. Another day, another night, I long to hold you tight. THE FOUR TOPS: (Singing) Baby, I need your loving. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "BABY I NEED YOUR LOVING") I've got this burning, burning, yearning feeling inside me, ooh, deep inside me. Ooh, please don't leave me all by myself. THE SUPREMES: (Singing) Baby, baby, baby, don't leave me.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO") Baby, baby, I'm aware of where you go each time you leave my door. THE SUPREMES: (Singing) Stop in the name of love before you break my heart.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE") Could it be a devil in me? Or is this the way love's supposed to be? It's like a heat wave burning in my heart. MARTHA AND THE VANDELLAS: (Singing) Whenever I'm with him, something inside - inside - starts to burning, and I'm filled with desire. I need to find, find someone to call mine. THE SUPREMES: (Singing) I need love, love to ease my mind. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE") They wrote many hit songs, mostly for Martha and the Vandellas, the Supremes and the Four Tops. Along with brothers Brian and Eddie Holland, he helped define the Motown sound. Lamont Dozier, part of the Motown songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland, died Monday at the age of 81. I'm David Bianculli, professor of television studies at Rowan University in New Jersey, in for Terry Gross.
0 kommentar(er)
