MY 103.5 - 80's, 90's and Now » nick ashford http://my1035.com Fri, 24 May 2013 04:32:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Singer-Songwriter Nick Ashford Dead at Age 70 http://my1035.com/singer-songwriter-nick-ashford-dead-at-age-70/ http://my1035.com/singer-songwriter-nick-ashford-dead-at-age-70/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:10:57 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=39661 Nickolas Ashford, who along with his wife Valerie Simpson made up the Motown songwriting team Ashford & Simpson, succumbed to throat cancer Monday at age 70.

The duo penned such classic hits as ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,’ ‘Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing’ and ‘I’m Every Woman,’ and had their music recorded by Diana Ross, Ray Charles, Whitney Houston, Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye, among others. Ashford & Simpson also had a long singing career, which was best known for their duet ‘Solid.’

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