Talk:Ashford & Simpson

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Daughter

Nicholas Ashford and Valerie Simpson had a daughter named Nicole, you never see or read anything about her. What is she doing.

On finding two good third party references for their daughter, I added this fact (with the references, of course) to the article. Coyets (talk) 11:28, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Amy Winehouse

they are also credited for Amy Winehouse- Tears Dry On Their Own —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.154.199.205 (talk) 21:59, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, the music in the background included sampling of an A&S song.76.232.10.199 (talk) 07:24, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Amy Winehouse recording was a new performance, not a sample. The arrangement followed the original Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell version very closely, but was in a different key.

The musicians in the Winehouse version are listed in this link; Ashford and Simpson are credited as co-writers. http://www.discogs.com/Amy-Winehouse-Tears-Dry-On-Their-Own/release/1044112

71.203.230.254 (talk) 19:12, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Split into 3 articles

I won't be doing this myself, but i think that each performer should have their own article, and this article be about the duo. Jerry Leiber of Leiber & Stoller also passed away today, and the same splitting should apply there, IMHO.(mercurywoodrose)76.232.10.199 (talk) 07:34, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the question is, since they apparently wrote as a duo, and mostly performed as a duo, and (from what I can glean from the article and news of his death) are famous as a duo, have either of them done enough solo to be notable on their own? Or, put another way, is there enough info for 2 separate articles that wouldn't just duplicate 85% of what's already here? Aldaryx (talk) 11:03, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Additional citations

Why and where does this article need additional citations for verification? What references does it need and how should they be added? Hyacinth (talk) 03:14, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]