The Secret History of Motown's Greatest Hits

Especially if you were born years after their release, it can be hard to picture anyone writing Records’ Sixties hits – “Heat Wave,” “Stop! In the Name of Love,” and “Reach Out I’ll Be There” feel like they were handed down on tablets. But for the songwriting team, creating songs that would live forever was just their job, and they deserve as much credit as, say, Lennon/McCartney. Brian Holland and Eddie Holland — authors of the new memoir Come and Get These Memories: The Story of Holland-Dozier-Holland — join host Brian Hiatt on a new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now for an in-depth interview on the early days of Motown, the making of their most famous songs, romancing Diana Ross,  and more.

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