Some of my favorites that haven't been posted!!! I am so grateful they were blessed with this gift and shared it with the world!!!

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Didn't even know Mr. Ashford was sick. wow.

R.I.P.

Tavis Smiley Ashford and Simpson: Thursday, 7/30

Link: Interview: Tavis Smiley

Very sorry to hear about his passing. God bless him and his family. As far as Im concerned he and Valerie were one of the best songwriting duos ever. They deserve as much recognition as Lennon/McCartney

Lieber/Stoller

RIP

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Incredible songwriters!

More Ashford and Simpson penned favorites!

^ I posted Keep Away Girls yesterday. If I'd known...

I forgot "Clouds!" I love that one. I couldn't find "Our Love's In Danger" by Chaka.

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Peace to his soul.

OMG!!!! I didn't even know he was sick.

Oh this is sad, so very very sad. My thoughts are with his family, wife and daughter.

Small random fact: Nick had a cameo role in the Mario Van Peeble's 1991 urban crime classic, New Jack City as Reverend Oates.

Thank you for posting "Send it". I forgot how pretty that song was.

I didn't care for the light contacts that Nick wore, but with his natural eye color, I always thought Ashford and Simpson was a very striking looking couple.

I always thought they were physically the complete opposites and complemented each other very well.

She was very light, pretty and petite, he was tall dark and handsome. Very striking.

Timmy84 said:

Never seen this one before! Love it. Very classy and simplistic. Thanks Timmy!

silverchild said:

Timmy84 said:

Never seen this one before! Love it. Very classy and simplistic. Thanks Timmy!

No prob!

TD3 said:

Didn't even know Mr. Ashford was sick. wow.

R.I.P.

Tavis Smiley Ashford and Simpson: Thursday, 7/30

Link: Interview: Tavis Smiley

Thanks for posting the interview. That was great to watch. They really had a wonderful chemistry together. You can tell they were great friends who truly loved each other. That's why their songs were so great.

theAudience said:

Tribute

Their songs were definitely...



...Solid As A Rock

-Just yesterday, in 'The Time gets roadblocked' thread, I MENTIONED ASHFORD & SIMPSON!!

-I must have some kind of 6th sense, or something!

Timmy84 said:

Ooooh...forgot about this one! That trademark A&S sound (tight and lean, yet so lush and sensual). This is one of those cuts that define their sound the best.

On no, such sad new to wake up this morning, another one of my musical heroes gone. Not only did they record a lot of great songs themselves, but they always managed to bring out the best out of the artists they worked with. Diana Ross, for example, never was better than when she recorded with the legendary Ashford & Simpson... RIP Nicholas!

Timmy84 said:

Legends at work, great pic! RIP Nick

I was just watching one of those Time-Life infomercials this past weekend, marveling at Ashford & Simpson, remembering how back in the 80's so many were encouraging Valerie to branch out on her own as a solo act, and how glad I was that they stuck together as a duo all these years. I actually love those Time-Life infomercials and usually watch them all the way through. They bring back so many great memories, ten seconds at a time, lol.

Like so many of us here, I'm saddened to be learning of Nick's death. Moreover, I'm having trouble accepting how such a beautiful person, with such a gifted voice, can be stricken with something as awful and mocking as throat cancer. I don't understand how that can happen, and it makes me angry, and immensely sad. And even though I never had the opportunity to know Nick Ashford personally, his passing only makes me more anxious about whom within my personal circle of friends & family I may be losing next. It also causes me to take closer inventory of my own life.

Another twinkling light in the Broadway of my world has just gone out. And yet again, there's no replacement. Rest peacefully, brother Nick.

Nick Ashford, of Motown Writing Duo, Dies at 70

TD3 said:

Nick Ashford, of Motown Writing Duo, Dies at 70

What a beautiful photograph of two who were truly equally yoked. I hope its hanging in someones home or a museum somewhere...

Rest In Peace Nick.

Oh my holy!!!! Lawd have mercy.