Lamont Herbert Dozier (/ləˈmɒnt ˈdoʊʒər/;[4] June 16, 1941 – August 8, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer from Detroit.

Dozier was a member of Holland–Dozier–Holland, the songwriting and production team responsible for much of the Motown sound and numerous hit records by artists such as Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, The Four Tops, and The Isley Brothers.

[citation needed] In 1964, "Where Did Our Love Go" became the first of ten number 1 pop hits which Holland–Dozier–Holland would write and produce for the Supremes over the next three years or so.

[5] The earlier Black Bach (ABC Records) featured the single "Fish Ain't Bitin'" (#4 R&B, No.

In 1981, he scored a beach music hit with "Cool Me Out" and also in that year released the single "Shout About It" from his LP Lamont.

[citation needed] Dozier had another number-one hit as a songwriter in the 1980s, joining with Phil Collins to write the song "Two Hearts" for the movie soundtrack for Buster.

[8] Three years later, Dozier cowrote "Infidelity" and "Suffer" with Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall for the British pop-soul band's second album, Men and Women.

[citation needed] In 1987, Lamont Dozier composed alone a song for the soundtrack of another film: the song "Without You", which was recorded as a duet by the R&B singers Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle,[9] to be the love theme from the comedy film Leonard Part 6, released the same year.

[14] Both adaptations received the title "Amor Dividido"[14] and were recorded by the Brazilian singer Rosana;[14] The Spanish version of "Amor Dividido" was performed as a duet by Rosanah Fienngo (known mononymously as Rosana) with the Mexican singer Emmanuel.