Question: What type of details about brian holland can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: '' this article is about the american songwriter and record producer . for the bryan holland who is best known as the lead singer/guitarist of the american band the offspring , see dexter holland . '' brian holland -lrb- born february 15 , 1941 -rrb- is an american songwriter and record producer , best known as a member of holland -- dozier -- holland , the songwriting and production team that was responsible for much of the motown sound and numerous hit records by artists such as martha and the vandellas , the supremes , four tops -rsb- , and the isley brothers . holland , along with lamont dozier , served as the team 's musical arranger and producer . he has written or co-written 145 hits in us and 78 in the uk . holland was born in detroit , michigan . for a short time , he partnered with robert bateman , and together they were known as '' brianbert '' , collaborating on such hits as '' please mr. postman '' for the marvelettes . holland has also had an on-and-off career as a performer . he released a solo single in 1958 under the name of '' briant holland '' . he and longtime friend and future songwriting partner freddie gorman were in a short-lived group called the fidalatones , and he was later -lrb- 1960 -- 62 -rrb- a member of the motown recording act the satintones as well as being a member of the rayber voices , a quartet that backed up several early motown recording acts . he partnered with lamont dozier under the name '' holland -- dozier '' , releasing a lone single for motown in 1963 , then was inactive for a number of years , and was then revived in the early and mid-1970s , scoring a number of medium-sized r&b hits . holland resumed his solo recording career in 1974 , hitting the charts as a solo artist in '74 and ' 75 . holland also composed songs for the '' first wives club '' musical .
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