memba ashford an simpson

**mountaingal** · 01-19-2009, 03:59 PM

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Solid as a Rock is the only song I know from them. I'm glad to know they're still performing, for a minute i thought this thread was going to say one of them died.

**Nunya** · 01-19-2009, 11:22 PM

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Me to!

**tsophra** · 01-20-2009, 03:21 AM

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lol..far fram..dem still deh pon de grind..

MG..surprised dats all yu knoe bout dem..check dis:

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The duo essentially had two careers: one as a successful writing and producing team and the other as singers and performers themselves. They started their career in the 1960s, writing for artists such as:

Ray Charles ("Let's Go Get Stoned" and "'I Don't Need No Doctor&quot

The 5th Dimension ("California Soul&quot

Aretha Franklin ("Cry Like A Baby&quot

Joining the Motown staff in 1966, they wrote and/or produced all but one of the late 1960s singles Marvin Gaye recorded with Tammi Terrell, including hits such as the original version of:

"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
"Your Precious Love"
"You're All I Need to Get By"
Other Motown artists that Ashford & Simpson worked with included:

Diana Ross
"Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)"
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
"Remember Me"
"Surrender"
"The Boss"
"It's My House"
Gladys Knight & The Pips
"Didn't You Know You'd Have To Cry Sometime"
"The Landlord"
"Bourgie, Bourgie"
"Taste Of Bitter Love"
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
"Who's Gonna Take The Blame"
The Marvelettes
"Destination:Anywhere"
The Supremes
"Some Things You Never Get Used To"
The Dynamic Superiors
"Shoe, Shoe Shine"
Other artists with whom they had hits were:

Teddy Pendergrass ("Is It Still Good To You&quot

The Brothers Johnson ("Ride-O-Rocket&quot

Chaka Khan, both on her own ("I'm Every Woman" and "Clouds," ) and with Rufus ("Keep It Comin'" and "Ain't Nothin' But a Maybe" )
In 1978, they were featured as vocalists, along with Chaka Khan, on the hit single "Stuff Like That" from Quincy Jones' Sounds...And Stuff Like That album and contributed to the writing of the soundtrack to The Wiz.

Simpson appeared (with Melba Moorman) as part of the "Blood, Sweat & Tears Soul Chorus" on the band's Al Kooper led debut, Child Is Father to the Man.

According to Marvin Gaye in the book "Divided Soul," Simpson did most of the vocals on the last album he did with Tammi Terrell, "Easy," as a way of Tammi's family to have additional income.

Ashford & Simpson's career as artists actually began in 1964, when they recorded "I'll Find You" as "Valerie & Nick." This was followed by several obscure singles Ashford recorded on the Glover, Verve and ABC labels such as "It Ain't Like That", (later recorded by Martha Reeves & The Vandellas), "California Soul" and "Dead End Kids" backed by his own version of "Let's Go Get Stoned," which the duo wrote with their early collaborator Joshie Jo Armstead. After concentrating on working with other artists, Simpson was the featured soloist on the songs "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "What's Going On" on the Quincy Jones albums Gula Matari in 1970 and its follow-up, Smackwater Jack. Simpson subsequently recorded two excellent solo LPs for Motown: Valerie Simpson Exposed in 1971, and, the following year, the album Valerie Simpson, which included the single "Silly Wasn't I," which was sampled on 50 Cent's "Best Friend", from the movie Get Rich or Die Tryin'. The song was also sampled by 9th Wonder on Murs's "Silly Girl" in the album Murray's Revenge. Ashford & Simpson left Motown in 1973, after the albums Simpson recorded for the label received poor promotion and the company refused to release an album of the two of them recording a collection of their most famous songs for other artists. They first came to national prominence when they were featured singing selections from Simpson's solo albums on the PBS TV show Soul!, hosted by Ellis Haizlip in 1971.

Around this time, they got married, and in 1973, they resumed their career as a duo with the Warner Brothers album Gimme Something Real. This was followed by the hit singles, "Don't Cost You Nothin'," in 1977, "It Seems To Hang On" in 1978, "Is it Still Good to Ya" in 1978, "Found A Cure" in 1979, "Street Corner" in 1982, and their biggest hit, "Solid", which they recorded in 1984. They recorded the album Been Found with poet Maya Angelou in 1996. (A complete list of their albums can be found in the discography listed below.)

On his own, Ashford produced, along with Frank Wilson, the mammoth hit "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me", which was recorded by Diana Ross & the Supremes in collaboration with the Temptations in 1968. He also appeared in the movie New Jack City (1991), as Reverend Oates, an ordained minister who was part of Nino Brown's entourage.

Simpson's brothers were in the record business as well: Raymond Simpson replaced Victor Willis in the Village People and their brother Jimmy Simpson, produced the group G.Q., (who had big hits with "Disco Nights" and "I Do Love You&quot

, and was in great demand as a mixing engineer during the disco era.

In recent times, Ashford & Simpson have recorded and toured sporadically and in 1996, they opened the restaurant and live entertainment venue Sugar Bar in New York City, which has an open mic on Thursday nights where performers have included Queen Latifah and Felicia Collins. Around this time, they were also featured disc jockeys on New York's KISS-FM radio station.

On August 16th, 2006, Playbill Online reported that they are writing the score for a musical based on E. Lynn Harris's novel Invisible Life. [1] In January 2007, they, along with Tina Turner, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Sidney Poitier, director Spike Lee and comedian Chris Tucker, accompanied Oprah Winfrey when she opened up the school for disadvantaged girls in South Africa.

The duo continues to write and score today. They are given credit for their writing talents on the Amy Winehouse 2007 CD "Back to Black" for the single "Tears Dry On Their Own". The track is based on Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's 1967 Motown classic hit "Ain't No Mountain High Enough". They have started performing their live act in intimate spaces such as Feinstein's at the Regency in New York and the Rrazz Room in San Francisco.

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**tsophra** · 01-20-2009, 03:23 AM

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Solid as Barack

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**jah_yout** · 01-21-2009, 06:04 PM

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saw him walking in manhattan wha day

**tsophra** · 01-21-2009, 06:31 PM

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u did? tell de chroot..im seem effeminate? or more..yu knoe..Shaft wid a doo

**jah_yout** · 01-21-2009, 07:31 PM

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if ooman can creme dem hair why not men? (its not 'natural' for women either)

him look normal to me...just wid long creme hair

**tsophra** · 01-21-2009, 07:52 PM

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bway me memba how debate used to rage back in the day..

is not just the hair doe..cause me would neva ask de same bout Al Sharpton..

**jah_yout** · 01-21-2009, 08:11 PM

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you know after a while...some people look just becomes them...

mi cyaan imagine him wid a cesar haircut

**kia027** · 01-21-2009, 11:59 PM

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jah yout</div><div class="ubbcode-body">saw him walking in manhattan wha day </div></div>

im always a walk round manhattan

dem have couple of clubs no?

one pon de westside and a next one on 21st yes?

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