Nickolas Ashford (born May 4, 1942 in Fairfield, SC – August 22, 2011 in Ne… Read Full Bio ↴Nickolas Ashford (born May 4, 1942 in Fairfield, SC – August 22, 2011 in New York City) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946 in Bronx, NY) were a husband and wife songwriting/production team and recording artists. Their best-known songs include "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "You're All I Need To Get By", "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing", and "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)".

As performers, their best-known song is "Solid" (1984 US and 1985 UK), although they have had many other hits, mostly on the R&B charts. Many of their songs have been recorded in hit versions by artists as diverse as Diana Ross, Chaka Khan, Whitney Houston, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin and so many, many others.

Ashford and Simpson met at Harlem's White Rock Baptist Church in 1963. After having recorded unsuccessfully as a duo, they joined aspiring solo artist and former member of the Ikettes, Josie Jo Armstead, at the Scepter/Wand label where their compositions were recorded by Ronnie Milsap ("Never Had It So Good"), Maxine Brown ("One Step At A Time"), as well as the Shirelles and Chuck Jackson. Another of the trio's songs "Let's Go Get Stoned" gave Ray Charles a number one U.S. R&B hit in 1966. That same year Ashford & Simpson joined Motown where their best-known songs included "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "You're All I Need To Get By", "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing", and "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)".

The duo was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002.

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Ashford & Simpson Lyrics

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05-something to you Darlin' darlin' If I could have you to call my very…
Ain [Chorus: x2] Ain't nothin' like the real thing baby Ain't …
Ain't It a Shame Cleaning out the darkest corner of my mind Taking all my…
Ain't No Mountain High Enough Listen baby, ain't no mountain high, Ain't no valley low,…
Ain't Nothin Like The Real Thing Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby. Ain't nothing like …
Ain't That Somethin' It don't mean a thing If it ain't got that swing (doo…
Babies It happened innocently you gave your love to me Who could…
By Way Of Love's Express By way of love's express Sending this message out to you Wit…
Cherish Forever More Here for you to cherish and adore Here for you to…

Come On Pretty Baby Said you had enough, too little too late, my queen…
Couldn't Get Enough How did I find myself in such confusion In my life…
Count Your Blessings I had to learn, learn a lesson Never forget to count…
Crazy She gives me love, gives me Love like all the time She…
Dance Forever Ar on the northeast side there's a rainbow No more…
Don't Cast You Nothing Don't cost you nothing Don't cost you nothing Think, think …
Finally Got to Me I guess it finally got to me I guess it finally…
Follow Your Heart Somewhere in a quiet loft There a voice will speak to…
Found a Cure Found a cure Ooh, for your heartache Before you wake Before …
Get Up And Do Something Get up and do something Get up and do something Get up…
Gimme Something Real Chorus: Personal testimony Give me something real That wo…
High Rise I knew her well We suffered through the good and the…
Honey I Love You Sending her flowers won't make her forgive you Here's what …
I It was dim in this room Out of patience too…
I ain I ain't asking for your love You've got to give it…
I Had A Love Sending her flowers won't make her forgive you Here's what y…
I Need Your Light I need Your light I need Your light I need Your light…
I Waited Too Long It was dim in this room Out of patience too…
I Wanna Be Selfish I wanna be your lover and your best friend I wanna…
I'll Be There For You Ooh hoo oh I know you're scared Cause I don't have the…
I'll Take the Whole World On For you I'd write a symphony I'd tell the violin it's time…
I'm Determined I see the heads you turn And I know secret flames…
In Your Arms There's no other place I could run to when I have…
Is It Still Good To Ya Been a long time since you touched me And made me…
It Came to Me Why is everywhere so cold Why is everyone so alone Alone Whe…
It Seems to Hang On Is it daylight, I can't tell no more Never had this…
It Shows In The Eyes Ba-ba-ba-ba-baby Oh, oh...oh...oh... Ooh, ooh No, you don…
It's The Long Run Chorus: It's the long run It's the finish that counts, bab…
It's You Friends are mystified But it don't matter to me I can't ta…
Let I tried to leave so many times And the thought…
Let Love Use Me I tried to leave so many times And the thought…
Let's Go Get Stoned Let's go get stoned Let's go get stoned When your baby w…
Love Don Love don't always make it right Love can't fill those empty…
Make It To The Sky I've seen a million faces Painted with despair And in thei…
Make It Work Again Baez Joan Blessed Are... Help Me Make It Through The Night T…
Maybe I Can Find It Must be dreaming Can't be for real Must be imagining 'Cau…
Nobody Knows Like a mask you wanna take off Cause you're tired of…
One More Try 123 All you got to do is give me one chance See…
Outta The World Hands are tender, want so much I surrender to your touch P…
Over and Over There's a saying old says that love is blind Still were…
Rushing To Chorus: Where's everybody going Where's everybody rushing …
Send It Send it Send it Send it, send it Up, up and away You had…
so so satisfied So full, so warm Like being dried out After the storm Ooh…
Solid And for love's sake, each mistake Ah, you forgave And soon b…
Solid as a rock And for love's sake, each mistake Ah, you forgave And soon…
Somebody Told A Lie Somebody told a lie Said heaven was in the sky Throw it…
Stay Free You like to watch the clouds drifting 'Cause you feel some…
Street Corner Street life, rough necks Bad guys On any street, any street…
Stuff Like That Walked in the joint They were lined up back to back Anythi…
The Debt Is Settled Chorus: Truly I loved, I have Truly I felt honestly glad …
The Jungle Keep your face up Don't ya be looking down Hear a noise…
Til We Get It Right There′s never gonna be any harmony And no one in the…
Time They say that life can decide in the blink of…
Tonight We Escape Tonight we escape Tonight we create Something beautiful To…
Too Bad You know sometimes it takes what you're doin' Before you kn…
Top Of The Stairs I'm insisting that you listen, try and understand I was wron…
Waited Too Long It was dim in this room Out of patience too…
We'll Meet Again We′ll meet again you can count on it 'Cause it′s supposed…
you Don't cost you nothing Don't cost you nothing Think, think …
You Always Could You always could find that soft spot in me when…
You're All I Need To Get By Like the sweet morning dew, I took one look at…
You're All I Need To Get By-Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing-Ain't No Mountain High Enough Like the sweet morning dew I took one look at you And…
Your Precious Love I ain't asking for your love You've got to give it…

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Found a Cure Found a cure Ooh, for your heartache Before you wake Before …

We have lyrics for these tracks by Simpson:

Ain't No Mountain High Enough Listen baby, ain't no mountain high, Ain't no valley low,…
Amor de mãe TU AMOR ES MÁS QUE DRAMA VIVE EMPELÍCULA UN CORTO DE FICCIÓN…
Cherry Ice Cream Sundae life is kind to who’s kind to it back so hard…
Mama I don't work hard when it's easy I put in work…
Street Corner Street life, rough necks Bad guys On any street, any street…

Switch Lanes See I'm a money making monster I got a lot of…

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