“A-B-A” creative teams

The Holland Brothers worked with Lamont Dozier to write Motown songs under the name “Holland-Dozier-Holland.”

The Zucker Brothers worked with Jim Abrahams to make comedy films under the name “Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker.”

Are there any other examples of groups using the “Name A, Name B, Name A” format?

Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard

Cheers was produced by Charles Burrows Charles (brothers Glen and Les) Productions.

A precursor to the Motown label was the songwriting team of Berry Gordy, Bill Davis, and Gwen Gordy (Berry’s sister). The credit order on the records differed from record to record based on their relative contribution to a given song.