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Nickolas Ashford (born May 4, 1942, in Fairfield County, South Carolina) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946 in The Bronx, New York) are a husband and wife songwriting/production team and recording artists. They 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... Read on...

• Rank
• Artist
• Song
• Year
• Points

• 1
• Ashford & Simpson
• Don'T Cost You Nothing
• 2009
• 24

• 2
• Ashford & Simpson
• Get Out Your Handkerchief
• 2000
• 0

• 3
• Ashford & Simpson
• Side Effect
• 2009
• 0

• 4
• Ashford & Simpson
• Is It Still Good To Ya
• 1978
• 0

• 5
• Ashford & Simpson
• Send It
• 1977
• 0

• 6
• Ashford & Simpson
• Found A Cure
• 2009
• 0

• 7
• Ashford & Simpson
• It Seems To Hang On
• 1978
• 0

• 8
• Ashford & Simpson
• Street Corner
• 2008
• 0

• 9
• Ashford & Simpson
• Solid
• 1985
• 0