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The husband-and-wife songwriting and production team of Nickolas Ashford (1941-2011) and Valerie Simpson already had a growing catalog of hits before they made it to Motown.
A Bronx, New York native, 17-year-old Simpson first met Ashford while she was singing at a church in Harlem, New York. Initially moving to
As Kyle Young, CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame once put it, Tom T. Hall “wrote without judgment or anger, offering rhyming journalism of the heart.” When listening to his stunning vignettes it’s hard to argue the contrary.
Oft dubbed “The Storyteller,” Hall’s music was hallowed by artists
“Not a dry eye in the house.”