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Article: Pioneer Awards honor R&B artists
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- Michigan Quarterly Review
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- November 24, 2001
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Moody, Nekesa Mumbi
Michigan Citizen
11-24-2001
Pioneer Awards honor R&B artists
Despite being one-third of the Motown team that wrote hits for the
Supremes, the Four Tops and Marvin Gaye, Brian Holland finds it a bit
strange to be honored at the 12th annual R&B Pioneer Awards.
"I never thought of myself as being a pioneer," says Holland, who as part
of Holland-Dozier-Holland penned some of the all-time soul classics,
including the Temptations hit, "Reach Out, I'll Be There" and the Supremes'
"You Can't Hurry Love."
Still, he's among the honorees along with soul legend Al Green, whose hits
include "Let's Stay Together," and "Tired of Being Alone"; Sly & the Family
Stone, the psychedelic ...