Nick Ashford dies of Ashford & Simpson duo


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Valerie Simpson says she never really used to think much about posterity. After all, there was still so much work to be done with her musical partner and husband, Nick Ashford. But then Ashford.


Nick Ashford of legendary Motown songwriting and performing duo Ashford & Simpson dies

Motown songwriter Nick Ashford, who penned hits such as Ain't No Mountain High Enough with wife Valerie Simpson, has died at the age of 70. Ashford, who was being treated for cancer, died in a New.


Ashford & Simpson Will Be the 11th Songwriting Team to Receive the Recording Academy's Trustees

Despite their fame and success, Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson—of the legendary songwriting duo Ashford & Simpson—were always careful to keep their daughters' lives private. Now, Nicole, 37, and Asia, 24, are speaking for the first time on television about their father's death. Plus, find out what words of wisdom Nick shared with them.


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Ashford & Simpson were an American husband-and-wife songwriting, production, recording duo composed 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 City.Ashford's family relocated to Ypsilanti, Michigan, where he became a member of Christ Temple Baptist Church.


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Nick Ashford obituary. Singer and songwriter who had a string of hits with his wife, Valerie Simpson, during Motown's heyday. Dave Laing. Tue 23 Aug 2011 10.25 EDT. Ashford and Simpson were one of.


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Valerie Simpson and Nick Ashford. CLINT SPAULDING/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images. On June 25, Simpson will be inducted into the Women Songwriters Hall of Fame, along with nine other inaugural.


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Nick Ashford, who with Valerie Simpson, his songwriting partner and later his wife, wrote some of Motown's biggest hits, like " Ain't No Mountain High Enough " and " Ain't Nothing Like.


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Ed Gordon talks with the R&B songwriting duo Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson, who have been composing and performing hit songs for more than four decades. The husband and wife team perform.


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The male half of Motown hitmakers Ashford & Simpson had battled throat cancer. Nick Ashford, who with wife Valerie Simpson wrote such legendary Motown songs as "Ain't No Mountain High Enough.


Motown songwriter Nick Ashford dies at age 70

The husband-and-wife songwriting and production team of Nickolas Ashford (1941-2011) and Valerie Simpson already had a growing catalog of hits before they made it to Motown. Videos by American.


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An Evening With Valerie Simpson In Honor of Nick Ashford is an hour-long, live-to-tape PBS-TV interview program that showcased the wonderful life and career of the legendary singer/songwriter duo Ashford & Simpson.Taped in 2011 at Northwestern University Law School's Thorne Auditorium, An Evening With Valerie Simpson In Honor of Nick Ashford featured the first public interview of R&B icon.


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Words & Music by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson (1966)


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Ashford and his wife Valerie Simpson penned some of Motown's greatest hits as the duo "Ashford & Simpson." Together they wrote "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," "You're All I Need To Get By," "I'm.


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"The performing magic of superstars Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson meets the visual magic of video in this hour-long spectacular filmed in spring, 1982 in.


Motown songwriter Nick Ashford dies at age 70

My List. An Evening With Valerie Simpson In Honor Of Nick Ashford provides an inside look into the life and career of singer/songwritings Ashford and Simpson featuring PBS-TV veteran journalist.


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"Valerie Simpson along with her husband Nick Ashford composed some of the most uplifting and memorable songs of the Motown tradition," says Michael McDonald, who paid homage to Ashford.