Arrangers

Holland, Dozier, Holland

in Arrangers, Motown, Producers, Songwriters

The creative team of Holland-Dozier-Holland became the dominant and most influential songwriting and music production team of the 1960s. They were responsible for making Motown a globally powerful force in the music industry that was able to meet the challenge of the British invasion led by The Beatles and The […]

Gene Page’s Extraordinary Contribution

in Arrangers, Los Angeles & West Coast, Motown, Other USA

The contribution of arrangers to popular music is often ignored, George Martin and Quincy Jones being the exception to the rule. Gene Page, the American orchestrator and producer who died in Los Angeles in 1998, was “session call number one” for any artist needing lush strings to heighten the appeal […]

Gene Page & Barry White

in Arrangers, Artists, Los Angeles & West Coast, Motown

In the late Sixties, Gene Page met the young singer Barry White, who was doing odd jobs to make ends meet between recording dates. To this day, the soul superstar remembers the arranger’s generosity. According to Barry White, during several Motown recording sessions on the West Coast at Motown Recording Studios, […]

Billy Davis

in Arrangers, Chicago, Motown, Producers, Songwriters

The late Billy Davis was born on July 11th 1932 in Detroit. He started his career in the entertainment industry as a songwriter with Berry Gordy in Detroit during the mid 1950s, creating successful songs for his cousin the late Jackie Wilson, under the pseudonym of Tyran Carlo. Billy Davis Their first major international hit was “Reet Petite” released […]

Invictus Records

in Arrangers, Motown, Producers, Record Companies & Recording Studios, Songwriters

The analysis of the Sound of Detroit was made more complicated in 1970 by the first major successes for Invictus Records, which had been founded in Detroit by Motown’s former staff song-writing and production team Holland-Dozier-Holland in 1968. Two key members from the audio and sound team at Motown were […]

Richard Evans & Johnny Pate

in Arrangers, Chicago, Musicians, Producers

Both these men have contributed to further education at university level in recent years, with Richard Evans now a professor of composition at Berklee College of Music in Boston and Johnny Pate conducting classes at Nevada University in the music department. Pate was born in 1923, in Chicago Heights, Illinois. […]

Dave Bartholomew

in Arrangers, Musicians, New Orleans

Dave Bartholomew, born on December 24th 1918 in Edgard, Louisiana, was a musician, band leader, composer and arranger, prominent in the music of New Orleans. He was the son of Louis Bartholomew, a well-known Dixieland tuba player. Dave Bartholomew mastered many musical genres, including rhythm and blues, big band, swing, […]

Gene Page & Paul Riser

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Norman Whitfield

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Lawrence Johnson – Top Vocal Arranger

in Arrangers, UK

Lawrence Johnson is a legendary vocal arranger and mastermind behind many international hit records from the UK. Gross earnings since the beginning of Lawrence Johnson’s career based on his creative contributions to the music industry and to creative arts export around the global are outstanding. We estimate gross earnings of […]