- Ashford & Simpson【 66 songs in total 】
- Ashford & Simpson were a husband-and-wife songwriting-production team and recording duo of Nickolas Ashford (May 4, 1941 – August 22, 2011) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946).
Ashford was born in Fairfield, South Carolina, and Simpson in the Bronx, New York. Afterwards, his family relocated to Ypsilanti, Michigan, where he became a member of Christ Temple Baptist Church. While there, he sang with a group called The Hammond Singers (named after the founding minister, James Hammond). Later, Nickolas attended and graduated from Willow Run High School in Ypsilanti, Michigan, before pursuing his professional career, where he would ultimately meet his wife, Valerie. They met at Harlem's White Rock Baptist Church in 1964. After having recorded unsuccessfully as a duo, they joined an aspiring solo artist and former member of the Ikettes, Joshie Jo Armstead, at the Scepter/Wand label, where their compositions were recorded by Ronnie Milsap ('Never Had It So Good'), Maxine Brown ('One Step at a Time'), as well as the Shirelles and Chuck Jackson. Another of the trio's songs, 'Let's Go Get Stoned', gave Ray Charles a number one U.S. R&B hit in 1966. That same year, Ashford & Simpson joined Motown, where their best-known songs included 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough', 'You're All I Need To Get By', 'Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing', and 'Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)'. Ashford and Simpson wrote many other hit songs, including Chaka Khan's 'I'm Every Woman' (1978) and Teddy Pendergrass's 'Is It Still Good to You?'.
As performers, Ashford & Simpson's best-known duets are 'Solid' and 'Found a Cure' (1979). The duo was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002. Ashford and Simpson were also recipients of The Rhythm & Blues Foundation's Pioneer Award in 1999, and ASCAP's highest honor, the Founder's Award, which they received on March 18, 1996.
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Lyricist
Composer
Date
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Ain't Nothing But A Maybe(Provided)
1974
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2
Ain't That Somethin'(Provided)
1974
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3
Babies (extended mix)
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4
Babies
Nicholas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
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5
Believe In Me
1976
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6
By Way Of Love's Express
Nicholas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
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7
Caretaker(Provided)
1976
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8
Count Your Blessings
Ashford Nickolas, Simpson Valerie
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9
Don't Cost You Nothing (Live Version)
1981
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10
Don't Cost You Nothing
Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
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11
Don't Fight It(Provided)
1974
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12
Everybody's Got To Give It Up(Provided)
1974
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13
Experience (Love Had No Face)
1983
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14
Found a Cure (Live Version)
1981
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15
Found A Cure
2010
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16
Get Out You Handkerchief
Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
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17
Happy Endings
Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
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18
High-Rise
1983
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19
Honey I Love You
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20
I Ain't Asking For Your Love
Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
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21
I Had A Love(Provided)
1974
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22
I Wanna Be Selfish(Provided)
1974
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23
I'll Be There for You
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24
I'll Take the Whole World On
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25
I'm Determined
Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
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26
I'm Not That Tough(Provided)
1983
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27
Is It Still Good To Ya
Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
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28
Is It Still Good to Ya? (single version)
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29
It Came To Me
1976
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30
It Seems to Hang On (12' disco mix)
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31
It Seems To Hang On (Live Version)
1981
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32
It Seems to Hang On (Tommy Musto Re-Touch)
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33
It Seems To Hang On
Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
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34
It'll Come, It'll Come, It'll Come
1976
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35
It's A Rush(Provided)
1983
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36
It's Much Deeper(Provided)
1983
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37
Let Love Use Me
Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
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38
Love Don't Make It Right (Live Version)
1981
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39
Love Don't Make It Right
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40
Main Line(Provided)
1974
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41
Make It To The Sky
Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
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42
My Kinda Pick Me Up(Provided)
1983
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43
Nobody Knows (Live Version)
1981
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44
One More Try
1976
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45
Outta the World
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46
Over To Where You Are(Provided)
1974
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47
Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand)
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48
Sell The House
1976
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49
Send It
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50
Side Effect(Provided)
1983
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51
So So Satisfied - Single Version
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52
So So Satisfied
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53
Solid (Special club mix)
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54
Solid
Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
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55
Solid(As A Rock)
Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
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56
Somebody Told A Lie
1976
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57
Spoiled(Provided)
1974
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58
Stay Free
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59
Still Such A Thing(Provided)
1983
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60
Street Corner
Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
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61
Take All The Time You Need(Provided)
1974
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62
Tell It All
1976
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63
Til We Get It Right
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64
Tonight We Escape (We Make Love)
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65
Too Bad
Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
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66
You're All I Need To Get By