Brian Holland
FameRank: 4

"Brian Holland" is an United States/American songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of Holland–Dozier–Holland, the songwriting and record producer/production team that was responsible for much of the Motown/Motown sound and numerous hit records by artists such as Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, The Four Tops, and The Isley Brothers. Holland, along with Lamont Dozier, served as the team's musical arranger and producer. He has written or co-written 145 hits in US and 78 in the UK.

Holland was born in Detroit, Michigan. For a short time, he partnered Robert Bateman, and together they were known as "Brianbert", collaborating on such hits as "Please Mr. Postman" for the The Marvelettes.

More Brian Holland on Wikipedia.

I used to go to these classical music shows at the Masonic Temple in Detroit, and see all these string players. I don't understand why they don't continue to do that for kids, teach them music appreciation.

I can't afford to pay the monthly $3,000 insurance bills on my boat when I can't fish a couple months of the year because of the grouper quota.

I expect our electric bill this month will be about $30.

The fact that we haven't had a contract for 13 months was eventually a factor.