The Honey Cone

Berry Gordy began restructuring the Motown songwriting and production apparatus in the late ’60s, splitting with Lamont Dozier and the Holland brothers, and contemplating the westward move that would eventually bring the Mizell Brothers into the Motown fold. This left Dozier & Co. free to start their Hot Wax and Invictus labels. Invictus’s first signing, Los Angeles vocal trio the Honey Cone grace us with an updated version of the Supreme’s sound.