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Nickolas Ashford (May 4, 1941 - August 22, 2011)〔(Obituary: Nick Ashford of Ashford & Simpson songwriting team dies at 70. latimes.com (August 24, 2011) ). Retrieved on May 1, 2012.〕〔''All Music Guide to Soul: The Definitive Guide to R&B and Soul'', Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine. Backbeat Books, 2013, ISBN 978-0-87930-744-8 (p. 17)〕 was an American R&B singer and songwriter who formed the musical partnership Ashford & Simpson with his wife, Valerie Simpson. ==Early life== Nickolas Ashford was born in Fairfield, South Carolina and raised in Michigan. His father, Calvin, was a construction worker at Willow Run, Michigan. He got his musical start at Willow Run Baptist Church, singing and writing songs for the gospel choir. He briefly attended Eastern Michigan University, in Ypsilanti, before heading to New York, where he tried but failed to find success as a dancer. In 1964, while homeless, went to White Rock Baptist Church in Harlem, where he met Valerie Simpson, a 17-year-old recent high school graduate who was studying music. They began writing songs together, selling the first bunch for $64. In 1966, after Ray Charles sang "Let’s Go Get Stoned," a song Ashford & Simpson wrote with Josephine Armstead, the duo signed on with Motown as writers and producers.Ashford and Simpson married in 1974.〔http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/23/arts/music/nick-ashford-of-motown-writing-duo-dies-at-70.html〕
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