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Ashford And Simpson Biography
Nickolas Ashford (b. May 4, 1942, Fairfield, SC) and Valerie
Simpson (b. Aug 26, 1946, New York City) have two careers, as
songwriters and as performers, with the former seemingly more important
than the latter until the mid-'80s. The two met in 1964 and scored
their first songwriting hit in 1966 with Ray Charles' recording of
their Let's Go Get Stoned. After a period at Scepter Records, they
moved to Motown, where they wrote hits for the duo of Marvin Gaye and
Tammi Terrell ( Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing, You're All I Need
to Get By ). When Diana Ross left the Supremes for a solo career,
Ashford & Simpson wrote Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand for
her.
Their own performing career was launched in 1973 with Keep It Comin' on
Motown and Gimme Something Real on Warner Bros. Their first success
came in 1977 with the gold-selling Send It, which contained the Top Ten
R&B hit Don't Cost You Nothing. Is It Still Good to Ya, a second
gold album, contained the number two R&B hit It Seems to Hang On
in 1978. Stay Free, their third straight gold album, contained Found a
Cure, another R&B smash that also made the Top 40 on the pop
chart. A Musical Affair, in 1980, featured the hit Love Don't Make It
Right, but was not as successful as previous efforts.
Meanwhile, Ashford & Simpson continued to work with other artists,
scoring successes with Ross, Chaka Khan ( I'm Every Woman ), and Gladys
Knight. Their own career saw a resurgence in 1984 with Solid, which
went gold and produced the R&B number one Solid (number 12 on the
pop charts), Outta the World, and Babies. During the late '80s and
'90s, Ashford & Simpson continued to tour and record sporadically.
~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
Written by William Ruhlmann