This is a list of songs written by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson.
Chart hits and other notable songs written by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
edit| Year | Song[1] | Original artist[1] | U.S. Pop[2] | U.S. R&B[3] | UK Singles Chart[4] | Other charting versions, and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | "The Real Thing" | Betty Everett | - | - | - | Written by Ashford, Simpson, and Jo Armstead 1965: Tina Britt, #20 R&B[5] |
| "Let's Go Get Stoned" | The Coasters | - | - | - | Written by Ashford, Simpson, and Jo Armstead 1966: Ray Charles, #31 US,[6] #1 R&B[7] | |
| "One Step at a Time" | Maxine Brown | 55 | - | - | Written by Ashford, Simpson, and Jo Armstead | |
| "Hey Ho, What You Do to Me" | The Guess Who | 125 | - | - | Written by Ashford, Simpson, and Jo Armstead, #3 hit in Canada | |
| "Never Had It So Good" | Ronnie Milsap | 106 | 19[8] | - | Written by Ashford, Simpson, and Jo Armstead B-side: Let's Go Get Stoned | |
| 1966 | "The Hard Way" | The Nashville Teens | - | - | 45 | Written by Ashford, Simpson, and Jo Armstead |
| "Cry Like a Baby" | Aretha Franklin | - | 27 | - | Written by Ashford, Simpson, and Jo Armstead 1973: Dorothy Moore, #79 R&B | |
| "I Don't Need No Doctor" | Ray Charles | 72 | 45 | - | Written by Ashford, Simpson, and Jo Armstead 1971: Humble Pie, #71 US 1972: New Riders of the Purple Sage, #81 US 1987: W.A.S.P. (live), #31 UK | |
| 1967 | "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" | Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell | 19 | 3 | - | 1970: Diana Ross, #1 US, #1 R&B, #6 UK 1981: Boys Town Gang, #46 UK 1986: Diana Ross, #85 UK (reissue) 1998: Whitehouse, #60 UK 1998: Jocelyn Brown, #35 UK Credited as co-writers with Amy Winehouse, following use of sample: 2007: Amy Winehouse, "Tears Dry on Their Own", #16 UK 2011: Amy Winehouse, "Tears Dry on Their Own", #27 UK (reissue) |
| "Your Precious Love" | Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell | 5 | 2 | - | 1982: Al Jarreau and Randy Crawford, #16 R&B 1990: Tamika Patton, #20 R&B 1999: Erykah Badu and D'Angelo, #83 R&B | |
| "California Soul" | The Messengers | - | - | - | 1968: The 5th Dimension, #25 US, #49 R&B 1970: Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, #56 US 2005: Riot Act, #59 UK | |
| 1968 | "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" | Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell | 8 | 1 | 34 | 1974: Aretha Franklin, #47 US, #6 R&B 1976: Donny and Marie Osmond, #21 US 1982: Chris Christian, #88 US 1994: Marcella Detroit and Elton John, #24 UK |
| "Some Things You Never Get Used To" | Diana Ross and the Supremes | 30 | 43 | 34 | ||
| "You're All I Need to Get By" | Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell | 7 | 1 | 19 | 1971: Aretha Franklin, #19 US, #3 R&B 1975: Tony Orlando & Dawn, #34 US 1978: Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams, #47 US, #10 R&B, #45 UK 1995: Method Man, #3 US, #1 R&B, #10 UK | |
| "I Am Your Man" | Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers | 85 | 40 | - | ||
| "Destination: Anywhere" | The Marvelettes | 63 | 28 | - | ||
| "Keep On Lovin' Me Honey" | Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell | 24 | 11 | - | ||
| 1969 | "You Ain't Livin' Till You're Lovin'" | Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell | - | - | 21 | |
| "Good Lovin' Ain't Easy to Come By" | Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell | 30 | 11 | 26 | ||
| "Didn't You Know (You'd Have to Cry Sometime)" | Gladys Knight & the Pips | 63 | 11 | - | ||
| "The Onion Song" | Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell | 50 | 18 | 9 | ||
| "What You Gave Me" | Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell | 49 | 6 | - | 1979: Diana Ross, #86 R&B | |
| 1970 | "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" | Diana Ross | 20 | 7 | 33 | 1973: Diana Ross, #51 UK (reissue) |
| "Who's Gonna Take the Blame" | Smokey Robinson & the Miracles | 46 | 9 | - | ||
| "Remember Me" | Diana Ross | 16 | 10 | 7 | ||
| 1971 | "Surrender" | Diana Ross | 38 | 16 | 10 | |
| 1972 | "Tear It On Down" | Martha Reeves and the Vandellas | - | 37 | - | |
| "Silly Wasn't I" | Valerie Simpson | 63 | 24 | - | Written by Ashford, Simpson, and Jo Armstead | |
| 1973 | "(I'd Know You) Anywhere" | Ashford & Simpson | 88 | 37 | - | |
| 1974 | "Have You Ever Tried It" | Ashford & Simpson | - | 77 | - | |
| "Main Line" | Ashford & Simpson | - | 37 | - | ||
| "Don't Send Nobody Else" | Ace Spectrum | 57 | 20 | - | ||
| "Everybody's Got to Give It Up" | Ashford & Simpson | - | 53 | - | ||
| "Shoe Shoe Shine" | The Dynamic Superiors | 68 | 16 | - | ||
| 1975 | "I Had a Love " | Ben E. King | - | 77 | - | |
| "Bend Me" | Ashford & Simpson | - | 73 | - | ||
| "Leave It Alone" | The Dynamic Superiors | - | 13 | - | ||
| "Nobody's Gonna Change Me" | The Dynamic Superiors | - | 51 | - | ||
| "Deception" | The Dynamic Superiors | - | 53 | - | ||
| 1976 | "It'll Come, It'll Come, It'll Come" | Ashford & Simpson | - | 96 | - | |
| "Somebody Told a Lie" | Ashford & Simpson | - | 58 | - | ||
| "Tried, Tested and Found True" | Ashford & Simpson | - | 52 | - | ||
| 1977 | "So So Satisfied" | Ashford & Simpson | - | 27 | - | |
| "Over and Over" | Ashford & Simpson | - | 39 | - | ||
| "Send It" | Ashford & Simpson | - | 15 | - | ||
| 1978 | "Don't Cost You Nothing" | Ashford & Simpson | 79 | 10 | 51 | |
| "By Way of Love's Express" | Ashford & Simpson | - | 35 | - | ||
| "Stuff Like That" | Quincy Jones | 21 | 1 | 34 | Written by Ashford, Simpson, Steve Gadd, Eric Gale, Quincy Jones, Ralph MacDonald and Richard Tee | |
| "It Seems to Hang On" | Ashford & Simpson | - | 2 | 48 | ||
| "Ride-O-Rocket" | The Brothers Johnson | - | 45 | 50 | ||
| "I'm Every Woman" | Chaka Khan | 21 | 1 | 11 | 1989: Chaka Khan (remix), #8 UK 1993: Whitney Houston, #4 US, #5 R&B, #4 UK 2004: Chaka Khan (reissue), #80 UK | |
| "Is It Still Good to Ya" | Ashford & Simpson | - | 12 | - | ||
| 1979 | "Flashback" | Ashford & Simpson | - | 70 | - | |
| "Found a Cure" | Ashford & Simpson | 36 | 2 | - | ||
| "The Boss" | Diana Ross | 19 | 12 | 40 | 1997: The Braxtons, #31 UK | |
| "Nobody Knows" | Ashford & Simpson | - | 19 | - | ||
| "No One Gets the Prize" | Diana Ross | - | - | 59 | ||
| "It's My House" | Diana Ross | - | 27 | 32 | 1979: Storm, #36 UK | |
| 1980 | "Gimme Something Real" | Wardell Piper | - | 53 | - | |
| "Clouds" | Chaka Khan | - | 10 | - | 1997: The Source, #38 UK | |
| "Top of the Stairs" | Collins and Collins | - | 68 | - | ||
| "Landlord" | Gladys Knight and the Pips | 46 | 3 | - | ||
| "Love Don't Make It Right" | Ashford & Simpson | - | 6 | - | ||
| "A Taste of Bitter Love" | Gladys Knight and the Pips | - | 38 | 35 | ||
| "Happy Endings" | Ashford & Simpson | - | 35 | - | ||
| "Bourgie', Bourgie'" | Gladys Knight and the Pips | - | 45 | 32 | ||
| 1981 | "Bad Company" | Ullanda McCullough | - | 36 | - | |
| "I Ain't Asking" | Phyllis Hyman | - | ||||
| "I Will Fight" | Gladys Knight and the Pips | - | 21 | - | ||
| "If That'll Make You Happy " | Gladys Knight and the Pips | - | 37 | - | ||
| "Get Out Your Handkerchief " | Ashford & Simpson | - | 65 | - | ||
| "It Shows in the Eyes" | Ashford & Simpson | - | 34 | - | ||
| 1982 | "A Friend of Mine" | Gladys Knight and the Pips | - | 50 | - | |
| "Keep Away Girls" | Stephanie Mills | - | 13 | - | ||
| "Street Corner" | Ashford & Simpson | 56 | 9 | - | ||
| "Love It Away" | Ashford & Simpson | - | 20 | - | ||
| 1983 | "High-Rise" | Ashford & Simpson | - | 17 | - | |
| "It's Much Deeper" | Ashford & Simpson | - | 45 | - | ||
| 1984 | "Solid" | Ashford & Simpson | 12 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1985 | "Outta the World" | Ashford & Simpson | - | 4 | - | |
| "Babies" | Ashford & Simpson | - | 29 | 56 | ||
| 1986 | "Count Your Blessings" | Ashford & Simpson | - | 4 | 79 | |
| 1989 | "I'll Be There for You" | Ashford & Simpson | - | 2 | - | |
| "Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes)" | Roberta Flack | - | 37 | 72 | ||
| 1990 | "Hungry for Me Again" | Ashford & Simpson | - | 40 | - | |
| 1996 | "Been Found" | Ashford & Simpson | - | 80 | - |
References
edit- ^ a b Songs written by Nickolas Ashford, MusicVF.com. Retrieved 8 September 2014
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2003). Top Pop Singles 1955-2002 (1st ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-155-1.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-1995. Record Research.
- ^ Betts, Graham (2004). Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004 (1st ed.). London: Collins. ISBN 0-00-717931-6.
- ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (The Week of June 19, 1965)". Billboard.com. Billboard Music. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "The Hot 100 (The Week of July 16, 1966)". Billboard.com. Billboard Music. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (The Week of July 23, 1966)". Billboard.com. Billboard Music. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (The Week of November 27, 1965)". Billboard.com. Billboard Music. Retrieved 1 October 2017.