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The three wrote and produced for a number of stars who recorded with Motown Records , including "(Love is Like a) Heat Wave" for Martha & The Vandellas , " How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) " for Marvin Gaye , and many hits for The Four Tops and The Supremes . Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland served as the composers/producers for each song, while Edward Holland was the lyricist and vocal arranger. In all, they were responsible for 25 Top 10 hit singles. The trio left Motown in 1967 after disputing with label head Berry Gordy over profit sharing and royalties. They started their own labels, Invictus Records and Hot Wax Records , both of which were only mildly successful. Motown sued for breach of contract, and H-D-H countersued. The litigation that followed was one of the longest legal battles in music-industry history, and was settled in 1977 with H-D-H paying Motown several thousand dollars in damages. Dozier left the company during the early 1970s to start a career as a solo performing artist. Holland-Dozier-Holland Productions, Inc., adding Harold Beatty in Dozier's place, operated as independent producers from the mid- 1970s on, and wrote and produced for a number of artists, including Motown artists such as the 1970s Supremes and Michael Jackson . Ironically, the producers' lawsuits against Motown were still pending while they were working on material for the label's artists. The trio are back together and own HDH Records, which issues recordings from the Invictus and Hot Wax catalogs as well as new material. PRODUCTION AND SONGWRITING HIGHLIGHTS
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