Ebook: How Sweet It Is: A Songwriter's Reflections on Music, Motown and the Mystery of the Muse

Part of the legendary Motown songwriting and production team of Holland-Dozier-Holland, Lamont Dozier is responsible for such classics as ""I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch),"" ""Stop! In the Name of Love,"" ""How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You),"" and many more. In How Sweet It Is, Lamont reveals the moments that inspired some of his timeless songs and pulls back the curtain on the studio secrets that helped him and his colleagues create ""the sound of young America."" After exploring the struggle of growing up in Detroit and pursuing music, Lamont takes us behind the scenes of the Motown machine, sharing personal stories of his encounters with such icons as Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, and Berry Gordy. He details the rise of own artistic career, his business and legal struggles, and the personal triumphs and tragedies that defined him. Though he's racked up more than one hundred Top 10 singles on the Billboard charts, Lamont continues to write music every day, and in How Sweet It Is , he inspires readers with invaluable wisdom on the art and craft of songwriting.