NOTE:
When appearing together with Lamont Dozier please use Holland & Dozier or an Artist Name Variation for this artist entry instead, depending on how they are actually listed on the release itself. These are usually production credits.
For songwriting credits as part of the Holland-Dozier-Holland trio please use Holland-Dozier-Holland.


Born: February 15, 1941, Detroit, Michigan., U.S.

Brian Holland emerged from a production background in the Motown scene, joining his elder brother Eddie who had a singing partnership with Lamont Dozier. As a writing/production team the trio of Holland-Dozier-Holland became the lyrical force behind the Motown sound. When Motown chief Berry Gordy Jr. hitched the trio up with the struggling Supremes in 1963 the rest became history, with over a dozen U.S. Top Ten hit singles. Brian Holland's production skills, Eddie's lyrics and Lamont's melodies helped carve careers for Martha and the Vandellas, the Miracles, Marvin Gaye and notably The Four Tops.

Brian Holland left Motown in 1968 with his two partners after a royalties dispute. They formed their own company Invictus/Hot Wax.