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Ashford & Simpson — “Solid”
(from The Very Best of Ashford & Simpson) —

I was so sorry to hear about the tragic passing yesterday of the great Nick Ashford, who, along with his wife Valerie Simpson, co-wrote a handful of true Motown touchstones — the Supremes’ “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” and Gaye & Terrell’s “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing,” to name but two — before he and Valerie decided, in what turned out to be a brilliant move, to take their own shot in front of the microphone. My beloved 1984 wouldn’t have been the same without this, their best-known smash, and the world won’t be the same without him. (Rest in peace, Nick.)

names dropped with reckless abandon: Ashford & Simpson, Marvin Gaye, Nick Ashford, Tammi Terrell, The Supremes, Valerie Simpson