Ashford and Simpson アシュフォード&シンプソン

  • 彼ら(Nickolas Ashford/Valerie Simpson)による提供曲
  • finetuneで彼らの曲ばかりでプレイリストをつくってみました=Ashford and Simpson Songbook 聞いてみてください

  • 09年06月:《The Real Thing: The Songs of Ashford, Simpson and Armstead》が出ました(下のアルバムとはまた別). amazon, allmusic
  • 09年02月:タヴィス・スマイリーの番組に二人が出ました(こちらで見られます).「Legendary singing and songwriting duo Ashford & Simpson tell the stories of how they met and the first time they pitched to Motown record producer Berry Gordy and comment on why people respond to their songs」.
    • アルバム《The Real Thing》(→amazon)のリリースに併せての出演.彼らのペンによる名曲の数々で構成される,彼ら自身によるライブアルバムです.DVD版も発売.

  • 以下のリストは、allmusic.comを利用して作成。基本的にこのメディアでしか確認できてないので、間違いも含むかもしれない。また、一部Ashford_&_Simpsonに加えて共作者を持つモノもあるが、今の時点では明記していない。
  • Ain't No Mountain High Enough Diana Ross
  • You're All I Need To Get By Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
  • "Love Woke Me Up This Morning" The Temptations(All Directions, 1972)
  • Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand) Diana Ross
  • Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
    • 他に,The Temptations
  • Gladys Knight & the Pips"Didn't You Know (You'd Have to Cry Sometime)"(Nitty Gritty, 1969)
  • Gladys Knight & the Pips"I'll Be Standing By"(Everybody Needs Love, 1967)
  • Gladys Knight & the Pips"Landlord""Taste of Bitter Love""Still Such a Thing""Bourgié Bourgié"
  • Gladys Knight & the Pips《Touch》(1981)
    • "Baby, Baby Don't Waste My Time""Changed""Friend of Mine""God Is""I Will Fight""If That'll Make You Happy""Reach High"
  • Diana Ross"Remember Me"
  • Your Precious Love Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
  • Some Things You Never Get Used To Diana Ross & The Supremes
  • Destination: Anywhere The Marvelettes
  • Surrender Diana Ross
  • "What You Gave Me" Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
  • "I Can't Give Back The Love I Feel For You" Diana Ross, Dusty Springfield, Rita Wright(1968)
  • "I Wouldn't Change The Man He Is" Blinky, Diana Ross
  • Just Say, Just Say Marvin Gaye & Diana Ross
  • Silly Wasn't It Valerie Simpson
  • "The Boss" Diana Ross, The Braxtons(So Many Ways, 1996)
  • Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To Come By Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
  • "Keep on Lovin' Me Honey" Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
  • "The Onion Song" Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
  • "You Ain't Livin Till You're Lovin'" Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
  • The Shirelles"Look Away""(Mama) My Soldier Boy Is Comin' Home"
  • Teddy Pendergrass"Girl You Know""Is It Still Good to Ya?"(TP, 1980)
  • Teddy Pendergrass"Only to You"(This One's for You, 1982)
  • Can't Seem to Get You out of My Mind, The Four Tops
  • Aretha Franklin"Cry Like a Baby"
  • Martha & the Vandellas"Tear It on Down"
  • "Let's Go Get Stoned" Ray Charles
  • "California Soul" The Fifth Dimension, Edwin Starr, Marvin Gaye & Tami Terrell, Marlena Shaw(Spice of Life, 1969)ら
  • "I Am Your Man" Edwin Starr(Soul Master, 1968)
  • Smokey Robinson & the Miracles"We Can Make It We Can"(Four in Blue, 1969)
  • Smokey Robinson & the Miracles"Who's Gonna Take the Blame"(A Pocket Full Of Miracles, 1970)
  • Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown《Saying Something》(1965)
  • Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown《Hold On, We're Coming》(1967)
    • この二枚のアルバムには、AAS作品がいくつか吹きこまれている="Don't Go""I'm Satisfied""Baby Take Me""Never Had It So Good""We Find Him Guilty""Let's Go Get Stoned""The Real Thing"。現在は、この二枚を一枚にまとめたアルバム=Saying Something/Hold On, We're Comingで聞くことができる
  • "Ride-O-Rocket" The Brothers Johnson(Blam!!, 1978)
  • "I'm Every Woman" Chaka Khan(Chaka, 1979), Whitney Houston
  • "Clouds""Our Love's in Danger"(以上、Chaka Khan Naughty, 1980 に収録) )
  • Diana Ross The Boss (1979) 全曲彼らによるプロデュース
    • "It's My House""The Boss"等

80S

  • "I Ain't Asking" Phyllis Hyman(Can't We Fall in Love Again, 1981)
  • "Believe in Me" Cheryl Lynn(Instant Love, 1982)
  • "Keep Away Girls" Stephanie Mills(Tantalizingly Hot, 1982)

90S

  • Jennifer Holliday"It's in There"(I'm on Your Side, 1991)

AAS作の曲がサンプリングされた例

  • Method Man ft. Mary J. Blige"I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By"
  • Zhane"Request Line"(Saturday Night, 1997)でAshford & Simpson "It Seems to Hang On"(Is It Still Good to Ya, 1978)がサンプリング
  • 50 Cent"Best Friend"で、 Valerie Simpson"Silly Wasn't It"が使用