{"id":2135,"date":"2020-03-09T05:24:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T05:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexbattles.com\/?p=2135"},"modified":"2020-10-09T05:35:47","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T05:35:47","slug":"nickolas-ashford-valerie-simpson-hit-songwriters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alexbattles.com\/?p=2135","title":{"rendered":"Nickolas Ashford &#038; Valerie Simpson, hit songwriters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ashford_&#038;_Simpson\">Nickolas Ashford (born May 4, 1942, in Fairfield, South Carolina) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946 in The Bronx, New York)<\/a> are a successful husband and wife songwriting\/production team, as well as being recording artists in their own right. This performing and songwriting team met in the choir of Harlem&#8217;s White Rock Baptist Church. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SBGk-TE1rtU\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">&#8220;Lets Go Get Stoned&#8221;<br \/>\nWords &#038; Music by Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, &#038; Josephine Armstead<br \/>\nPerformed by Joe Cocker<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pEnKEcBvBvw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">&#8220;Ain&#8217;t No Mountain High Enough&#8221;<br \/>\nWords &#038; Music by Nickolas Ashford &#038; Valerie Simpson<br \/>\nPerformed by Diana Ross<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SW5iIGCQUBk\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">&#8220;Ain&#8217;t Nothing Like the Real Thing&#8221;<br \/>\nWords &#038; Music by Nickolas Ashford &#038; Valerie Simpson<br \/>\nPerformed by The Jackson 5<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QKRxT31-UvE\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">&#8220;Reach Out And Touch (Somebody&#8217;s Hand)&#8221;<br \/>\nWords &#038; Music by Nickolas Ashford &#038; Valerie Simpson<br \/>\nPerformed by Aretha Franklin<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XW1HNWqdVbk\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">&#8220;You&#8217;re All I Need\/I&#8217;ll Be There for You&#8221;<br \/>\nWords &#038; Music by Nickolas Ashford &#038; Valerie Simpson<br \/>\nPerformed by Mary J. Blige &#038; Method Man<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GfD4nYu6LAA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">&#8220;Solid&#8221;<br \/>\nWords &#038; Music by Nickolas Ashford &#038; Valerie Simpson<br \/>\nPerformed by Ashford &#038; Simpson<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nickolas Ashford (born May 4, 1942, in Fairfield, South Carolina) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946 in The Bronx, New York) are a successful husband and wife songwriting\/production team, as well as being recording artists in their own right. 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