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. A Bronx, New York native, ...

Though they were raised in different parts of the country, (Ashford was born in South Carolina and raised in Michigan while Simpson hails from the Bronx in New York City), the pair met in 1964 at the ...

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 ...

Valerie Simpson and Nick Ashford wrote and performed romantic, dramatic Motown hits, such as “I’m Every Woman,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” and “Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing,” over a ...

Thank God for VH1 shows like “All Access” and “The Fabulous Life” or we’d be stumbling ignorantly into the future, unable to match Britney and Xtina bling for bling. But while the nation distracts ...

Bowie State University awarded Ashford and Simpson, the legendary soul singing group, an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree May 17. The degree was conferred at the school’s commencement ceremony ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Ashford & Simpson are the husband-and-wife powerhouse whose songwriting defined an era of soul, R&B, and disco. Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson didn’t just pen hits for Marvin ...

Simpson, who penned hits for Chaka Khan, Diana Ross, Whitney Houston and others will be inducted into the Women Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 25 at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. One day, ...

How many Broadway shows has Ashford and Simpson been in? Ashford and Simpson has appeared on Broadway in 1 shows. How many West End shows has Ashford and Simpson been in? Ashford and Simpson has not ...