Nickolas Ashford

The husband-and-wife team of composers Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson authored some of Motown's finest songs, including the classic duets of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, before parlaying their success into a performing career of their own. Born May 4, 1942, in Fairfield, SC, Ashford was raised in Willow Run, MI, and sang in the church choir as a youth; after dropping out of Eastern ...more