Fact #192845
When:
Short story:
The Supremes release a new single, the Holland, Dozier and Holland composition I Hear A Symphony, on Motown Records in the USA.
Full article:
Eddie Holland (co-writer) : Writing the lyric to I Hear A Symphony was a nightmare!
Brian Holland (co-writer) : Berry Gordy [Motown President) had given us a quick deadline to write and finish this song for The Supremes. Lamont and I did the track, and we told Eddie that the lyric had to be written in less than a day!
Eddie Holland : Brian calls me a little after midnight, and he wakes me up. I was sound asleep; I was never a night person. He said he needed immediately a full lyric to be written to a track with the title I Hear A Symphony, and it had to be done by 11:00 am for a vocal session with Diana. Diana was on tour, and she could only be in town for one day to record her vocal. This meant that I had to stay up all night to write this lyric, and I'm not a night person! I worked on the lyric all night, and it still wasn't finished when I arrived at the studio. I ended up teaching Diana the song, while I was still filling out some of the lines.
Brian Holland : Just recently (a couple months ago), I happened to be listening to I Hear A Symphony, and I realized how great the lyrics were. So I called Eddie up and told him how much I liked the lyric. He said it took me forty years to compliment him on this song!
(Source : http://www.songwriteruniverse.com/hdh.htm)
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Brian Holland (co-writer) : Berry Gordy [Motown President) had given us a quick deadline to write and finish this song for The Supremes. Lamont and I did the track, and we told Eddie that the lyric had to be written in less than a day!
Eddie Holland : Brian calls me a little after midnight, and he wakes me up. I was sound asleep; I was never a night person. He said he needed immediately a full lyric to be written to a track with the title I Hear A Symphony, and it had to be done by 11:00 am for a vocal session with Diana. Diana was on tour, and she could only be in town for one day to record her vocal. This meant that I had to stay up all night to write this lyric, and I'm not a night person! I worked on the lyric all night, and it still wasn't finished when I arrived at the studio. I ended up teaching Diana the song, while I was still filling out some of the lines.
Brian Holland : Just recently (a couple months ago), I happened to be listening to I Hear A Symphony, and I realized how great the lyrics were. So I called Eddie up and told him how much I liked the lyric. He said it took me forty years to compliment him on this song!
(Source : http://www.songwriteruniverse.com/hdh.htm)