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Who Was The Best

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who was the best song writer of our wonderful music we all enjoy :thumbsup:

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who was the best song writer of our wonderful music we all enjoy :thumbsup:

In my my humble opinion it is Lamont Dozier.

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Alan

who was the best song writer of our wonderful music we all enjoy :thumbup:

SAM the MAN - SAM DEES...................... EASY :thumbsup:

In my my humble opinion it is Lamont Dozier.

Regards

Alan

Sam Dees is my choice Alan, but not too far behind him would be Holland Dozier Holland, not sure about Lamont on his own ..................... and I have every solo album Lamont has made :thumbsup:

For the sheer amount of incredible all nighter tunes he wrote, coupled with the fact that he was without doubt one of the sweetest, most genuine and humble people I have ever met, for me, it has to be Richard Popcorn Wylie.

For the sheer amount of incredible all nighter tunes he wrote, it has to be Richard Popcorn Wylie.

I'd go along with that.... :thumbsup:

In my my humble opinion it is Lamont Dozier.

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Alan

very good choice, 'Let me start me tonight' from Black Bach cracks me up

QUOTE (Alan Pollard @ Nov 27 08, 10:45 PM)

In my my humble opinion it is Lamont Dozier.

Regards

Alan

Seconded!

Ian D

Thirded! :thumbsup:

- along with Van (the man) McCoy, Curtis, n' Sam

who was the best song writer of our wonderful music we all enjoy :thumbup:

I guess H-D-H come out top, Tom Bell is up there with the best of them too....... :thumbsup:

I guess H-D-H come out top, Tom Bell is up there with the best of them too....... :lol:

The best ?

Anyone whose composition / production can send the hairs up on the back your neck .........

Malc Burton

For me it has to be only one person, unfortunately he is no longer with us,

RICHARD " POPCORN " WYLIE.

REGARDS

" thenogger "

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who was the best song writer of our wonderful music we all enjoy :(

Surprised Prince Phillip Mitchel has not got a mention yet

....Doh!!! He just has :lol:

Curtis Mayfield :lol:

Flamin heck Simon i'm gonna have to agree with you on this fella!!

Derek

That Smokey fella wrote one or two

my personal choice would be

Holland Dozier Holland,

hm, never really took noticed of who wrote my fave tunes but will do in the future.

Not in soul music, but in general the best songwriters were Bacharach/David. Period.

who was the best song writer of our wonderful music we all enjoy :lol:

There were some great writing teams out there at the time who consistently churned out the music we love, examples being :-

Wylie/ Hester

Gamble/Huff

Mcfadden/Whitehead

Holland/Dozier/Holland

Hutson/Hawkins

Whitfield/Strong

Callier/Stepney

Hayes/Porter

all of the above wrote a number of gems, I am sure someone can compile another list of teams, then you have the likes of Leon Ware, Frankie Beverley, Marvin Gay, Smokey Robinson and the list goes on, but I am going to plump for the aforementioned SAM DEES as (twist my arm) my fave

Kev

just beat me mentioning gamble/huff......what about mr womack....he scribbled a few good ones too ! :lol:

oh and musically speaking ray charles and stevie wonder were both genius's (grammer ?)....

my brother plays sax and he says learning some of stevies later stuff was a nightmare,you could make half a dozen songs out of the riffs in one of his ...

great answers everyone and i have to agree with you all but for me Van McCoy and Curtis Mayfield :rolleyes:

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great answers everyone and i have to agree with you all but for me Van McCoy and Curtis Mayfield :rolleyes:

wilson & gordon not too bad either! biggrin.gif

Ashford & Simpson

and I'll second Smokey Robinson (certainly the best lyricist!)

There were some great writing teams out there at the time who consistently churned out the music we love, examples being :-

Wylie/ Hester

Gamble/Huff

Mcfadden/Whitehead

Holland/Dozier/Holland

Hutson/Hawkins

Whitfield/Strong

Callier/Stepney

Hayes/Porter

all of the above wrote a number of gems, I am sure someone can compile another list of teams, then you have the likes of Leon Ware, Frankie Beverley, Marvin Gay, Smokey Robinson and the list goes on, but I am going to plump for the aforementioned SAM DEES as (twist my arm) my fave

Kev

beat me to hayes porter but I'd like to throw George Jackson in to the ring

ian levine...... rolleyes.gif

kev

ohmy.gif that made me chuckle in fact pmsl(thanks jayne)nearly as much as watching your team laugh.giflaugh.gif:thumbsup::D:yes:

Bobby Womack is worth a mention dont you think ?

who was the best song writer of our wonderful music we all enjoy biggrin.gif

Fred bridges did a fair few great tracks imho :lol:

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