"Edith Wayne" was a songwriting pseudonym used by a because of legal battles with their former l boss, a. Despite the fact that the a name had become nearly synonymous with that of l, the trio sued label founder a in for withholding royalties and profits. HDH left the Motown stable shortly afterward, but it wouldn’t be until that their own labels would be up and running: l . A third, the short-lived, independently-distributed l, would be created in . Due to the ongoing litigation between HDH and Motown, the trio was contractually forbidden to use their own names on their early releases. Production was often credited to “l” or “a,” while “a” was HDH’s collective songwriting pseudonym .
