Diana Ross’s “The Boss” was the result of her long-standing collaboration with Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson. The duo had worked with her since her 1970 solo debut, and “The Boss” served as the title track for her tenth solo album. Ashford and Simpson exclusively produced the projectContinue Reading
Terri Lyne Carrington releases her cover of Ashford and Simpson’s “Somebody Told A Lie” from her Mosaic Project: Love And Soul album for Women’s History Month. Carrington created her own arrangement of the song from Ashford and Simpson’s Come As You Are album and was able to collaborate with ValerieContinue Reading
[youtube id=”DlI37xZwMD4″] Kindred The Family Soul and Valerie Simpson share “A Couple Friends” in the mode of a moving photo album that never ends.Continue Reading
[youtube]KFAe7PMDX9w[/youtube] Nick Ashford of the powerhouse songwriting duo Ashford & Simpson passed today from throat cancer. Nicholas Ashford and Valerie Simpson are responsible for writing some of the most important songs of the 20th century including “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “You’re All I Need To Get By,” “Ain’t NothingContinue Reading