Quote Originally Posted by MIKEW-UK View Post
Nine years ago when I joined the forum, I put into my profile Favourite artist Lamont Dozier, Favourite Album Love and Beauty, Favourite song Trying To Hold On To My Woman. Nine years later not much has changed other than I would say Out Here On My Own is my favourite album. A lot of us in the UK were thrilled to see Lamont issue a genuine solo album as opposed to Love And Beauty which also featured Brian Holland. Out Here On My Own is the top album of all time to my ears.....every song a gem. And the most extraordinary killer fact? Lamont is not credited with composing a single song. McKinley Jackson is the producer and composer/ co composer on every song, not Lamont. That is why I believe McKinley has been as responsible for Lamont's post motown success as much as Lamont himself on all the artists he has recorded
Mike, Lamont's "Trying To Hold On To My Woman" was the number one song on our Soul music station, WKLR for weeks and weeks to the end of 1973. It was a very popular record.