Thank You For The Dream · Lamont Dozier (Detroit, 16 giugno 1941 – Scottsdale, 8 agosto 2022)

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@Gocciedimemoria Lamont Herbert Dozier, also known as Lamont Anthony (Detroit, June 16, 1941 - Scottsdale, August 8, 2022), was an American singer-songwriter and record producer. As a singer, he was active since the late 1950s. As a writer and producer, he was part - together with Brian Holland and Edward Holland Jr. aka Eddie Holland - of the trio, inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Holland-Dozier-Holland. Among the songs recorded by Dozier, there are All Cried Out, Bigger than Life, I Hear a Symphony, I Want You 'Round, Let Me Start Tonite, Let's Talk It Over, New Breed Kinda Woman, Out Here on My Own, Trying to Hold on to My Woman, Going back to my roots. As a writer, he wrote songs for artists such as Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops, Martha Reeves, The Supremes, The Temptations, etc., many of which (about fifty) reached number one in the United States. classification. Among the most famous songs he wrote are Baby I Need Your Loving, Baby Love, Love Is Like an Itching in My Hear, Nowhere to Run, Reach Out I'll Be There, Stop! In the Name of Love, Two Hearts (song from the soundtrack of the film Buster, written together with Phil Collins and winner of the Golden Globe), You Can't Hurry Love.

Lamont Herbert Dozier, conosciuto anche come Lamont Anthony (Detroit, 16 giugno 1941 – Scottsdale, 8 agosto 2022), è stato un cantautore e produttore discografico statunitense.Come cantante, fu in attività dalla fine degli anni cinquanta.Come autore e produttore, ha fatto parte - assieme a Brian Holland ed Edward Holland Jr. alias Eddie Holland - del trio, inserito tra i Songwriters Hall of Fame, Holland-Dozier-Holland.Tra i brani incisi da Dozier, figurano All Cried Out, Bigger than Life, I Hear a Symphony, I Want You 'Round, Let Me Start Tonite, Let's Talk It Over, New Breed Kinda Woman, Out Here on My Own, Trying to Hold on to My Woman, Going back to my roots.Come autore, scrisse brani per artisti quali Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops, Martha Reeves, The Supremes, The Temptations, ecc., molti dei quali (una cinquantina circa) hanno raggiunto il primo posto in classifica. Tra i brani più celebri da lui scritti, figurano Baby I Need Your Loving, Baby Love, Love Is Like an Itching in My Hear, Nowhere to Run, Reach Out I'll Be There, Stop! In the Name of Love, Two Hearts (brano della colonna sonora del film Buster, scritto assieme a Phil Collins e vincitore del Golden Globe), You Can't Hurry Love.

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00:30Thank you for looking, baby, baby
00:37Although it didn't last, I won't stop
00:42Thank you for the sunshine, darling
00:49Although it's come to pass, it's still on my mind
00:56It's present in my heart, it's in my soul
01:02And I will never go, no
01:07It's engraved in my face, it can't be erased
01:12I don't believe I'll find another to take your place
01:17No, baby
01:20And honey, when night falls
01:25That's when those old memories decide to call
01:30They play games with my mind
01:33Then suddenly I see, baby
01:37You and me holding hands
01:40Back in the time when I was your man
01:43What a sweet dream, baby
01:47Yes, you and me
01:49I got a sweet dream, baby
01:52Of what I wish could be
01:55And in my dream you don't say
01:58Don't want nobody to wake
02:01But with the coming of dawn
02:03I awake and my dream is gone
02:08Then the loneliness starts again
02:12But, baby, I want to thank you for
02:15Yes, I'm dreaming, baby
02:20Although it didn't last
02:24I want to thank you for
02:28The sunshine, darling
02:32Although it's come to pass, it's still on my mind
02:40It's present in my heart, it's in my soul
02:46And we'll never grow old
02:50It's engraved in my face
02:53Can't be erased
02:55No, baby
02:56I don't believe I'll find another to take your place
03:02The only time I'd live, baby
03:07Is in my dream with you at night
03:10That's the only time I can face this life
03:15Cause in my dream everything's alright
03:20I know it's just fantasy
03:22But I can't face reality without you, baby
03:27No, no, no, no, no
03:30Everything's heavenly
03:33Cause when I'm dreaming
03:35It's sweet ecstasy
03:38In my dream you don't forsake me
03:41Don't want nobody to wake
03:45But with the coming of dawn
03:47I awake and my dream is gone
03:51And the loneliness starts again
03:56But I thank you for
03:58Thank you for the dream, baby
04:03Although it didn't last
04:07I want to thank you for
04:11The sunshine, baby
04:15Although it's come to pass
04:19Girl, I want to thank you for
04:23The dream, baby
04:27Although it didn't last
04:31I want to thank you for
04:35The sunshine, baby

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