During the 70's and 80's in the R&B duo groups were names like Rene & Angela, Peaches & Herb, etc.
Then there was Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson a married couple who had been in the music writing
business since the early 60's penning songs for Motown's Diana Ross and other various artists. Val
Simpson had done a few solo projects in the 60's that went shamefully unnoticed by the music industry.
Not until the 70's did they write material that would catch the world's attention like Chaka
Khan's/Whitney Houston's I'm Every Woman...
It was in the late 70's and 80's the duo started performing their own written tunes. Beautiful
tracks like It Seems to Hang On is the stuff sweet soul music is made of;just filled with catchy
lyrics and a silky almost jazz-like rhythm.Even their other Warner Bros. disco tune I Found A Cure
demonstrated they could keep up with what was popular yet never sell out to trends;they kept their
musical innovativeness and originality intact without compromising their outstanding quality to
satisfy a flashy trend. The pop-soul driven feel of Solid (while overplayed and killed on the airwaves
in '85) is one of their most popular among "non" r&b music listeners.One of my all time favorites from
their out of print album Street Opera is Street Corner with it's piano, bass and early synth work still
makes it timeless and enjoyable. It's also dancefloor accessible !
It would be remarkable if Ashford and Simpson would release their early solo material from the 60's or
to hear them sing the songs that made other artists famous...
# Audio CD (June 29, 1993)
# Number of Discs: 1
# Format: Import
# Label: EMI Gold Imports
Track Listings
1. It Seems To Hang On
2. Found A Cure
3. Street Corner
4. Love It Away
5. I'll Take The Whole World On
6. High-Rise
7. Experience (Love Had No Face)
8. My Kinda Pick Me Up
9. Solid
10. Outta The World
11. Babies
12. Count Your Blessings
13. Nobody Walks In L.A.
14. Love Or Physical
15. Cookies And Cake
16. I'll Be There For You
Format : MPEG Audio
File size : 12.0 MiB
Duration : 5mn 12s
Overall bit rate : 320 Kbps
Album : Capitol Gold (Best Of)
Track name : It Seems To Hang On
Track name/Position : 1
Performer : Ashford & Simpson
Accompaniment : Ashford & Simpson
Genre : Soul
Recorded date : 1993
Writing library : LAME3.92
Cover : Yes
Cover type : Cover (front)
Cover MIME : image/jpeg
Audio
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Mode extension : MS Stereo
Duration : 5mn 12s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 320 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Stream size : 11.9 MiB (100%)
Writing library : LAME3.92
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