Nickolas Ashford (May 4, 1941 - August 22, 2011) was an American R&B singer and songwriter who formed the musical partnership Ashford & Simpson with his wife, Valerie Simpson.
Early life
Nickolas Ashford was born in Fairfield, South Carolina and raised in Michigan. His father, Calvin, was a construction worker at Willow Run, Michigan. He got his musical start at Willow Run Baptist Church, singing and writing songs for the gospel choir. He briefly attended Eastern Michigan University, in Ypsilanti, before heading to New York, where he tried but failed to find success as a dancer. In 1964, while homeless, went to White Rock Baptist Church in Harlem, where he met Valerie Simpson, a 17-year-old recent high school graduate who was studying music. They began writing songs together, selling the first bunch for $64. In 1966, after Ray Charles sang "Let’s Go Get Stoned," a song Ashford & Simpson wrote with Josephine Armstead, the duo signed on with Motown as writers and producers.Ashford and Simpson married in 1974.
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ALBUMS
- Massive Hits! 80s Remix released: 2011
- Mojo Club Presents: Dancefloor Jazz, Volume 12: Feeling Good released: 2005
- Ultimate Collection released: 2002
- Big City Soul, Volume 2: The Verve Story released: 1994
Massive Hits! 80s Remix
Released 2011- Don't You (Forget About Me) (Jam and Spoon remix) (edit)
- Some Like It Hot (12" mix)
- Walk Like an Egyptian (dub mix)
- And She Was (extended mix)
- It's My Life (extended mix)
- Call Me (original 12)
- Simply Irresistible (extended version)
- Kids in America (D-Bop's Bright Lights mix) (edit)
- Hot in the City (1988 remix)
- Some Guys Have All the Luck (extended version)
- Rat in Mi Kitchen (12" version)
- Ghost Town (extended version)
- Summertime (extended 12" mix)
Mojo Club Presents: Dancefloor Jazz, Volume 12: Feeling Good
Released 2005- Feeling Good
- Z'Avez Pas Lu Kafka
- Pop Mod
- Stand Up and Be Counted
- Pick Up the Pieces One by One
- Blows
- Willie Chase
- In the Name of Love
- Joker
- Crazy Love
- Long Skirt Baby Blues
- V 2
- Latin Soul Boogaloo, Part 2
- Ran Kan Kan
- Bâyu Bâyu
- Les Mauvais Numero
- The Rock
- Ape Shuffle
- Let the Music Play
- Cheap Lovin'
- I Don't Need No Doctor
- Tema de Kiko
- Up Above the Rock
- Speaking of Happiness
Ultimate Collection
Released 2002- If I Ever Lose This Heaven
- Everything Must Change
- Body Heat
- Is It Love That We're Missin'
- Mellow Madness
- Stuff Like That
- Ai No Corrida
- Razzamatazz
- Just Once
- Betcha' Wouldn't Hurt Me
- One Hundred Ways
- Baby, Come to Me
- I'll Be Good to You
- The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)
- Tomorrow (A Better You, Better Me)
- You Put a Move on My Heart
- I'm Yours
- Everything
Big City Soul, Volume 2: The Verve Story
Released 1994- Stop and Think It Over
- I Love You Baby
- Pretty Little Face
- You Can Split
- What Would I Do
- Living a Lie
- Stop and Take a Look at Yourself
- Take a Step in My Direction
- Real Jive Guy
- Walkin' the Duck
- I Can't Make It Without You
- Just a Fool
- I Watched You Slowly Slip Away
- A Mighty Good Way
- The Right Direction
- My Heart Belongs to You
- I Don't Want to Lose Your Love
- The Love I Give
- (You'd Better) Straighten up and Fly Right
- Born to Please
- Baby I Love You
- I'm a Practical Guy
- Backfield in Motion
- I Don't Need No Doctor
- Can't Deny the Hurt
- Picture Me Gone
- Let's Take a Chance
- Let Me Be Your Boy
Born: 1942-05-04
Died: 2011-08-22
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by Don Dokken
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by Johnny Logan
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by Violet Winter
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by Dokken
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by Cam'ron
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by Axel Rudi Pell
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by Laura Branigan
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by Area 54
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by April Sixth
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by Aqueduct
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by Db's
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by Dvda
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by Al Martino
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by Babe Ruth
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by Much The Same
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by Casanova
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by Skindred
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by Aimee Mann
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by 3 Doors Down
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by Honor Society
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by Violent Femmes
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by Mia Sable
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by Dokken Don
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by Sly & Robbie
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by Mike Tramp
Living a Lie
by: Don Dokken(J. Norum/ D. Dokken)
Does it seem that we're going nowhere again
Can it be that love has passed us by the way
Can't say that we played the game so well
Are we to point where time stands still
Nothing can save us now
If you only want to believe in fairy tales and dreams
If I'm not the one you're looking for
Set me free
CHORUS:
Living a lie, now that your love has run
Living a lie, now that you've come and gone
It's sad to think what we have wasted
Over and over I tried to make you see
Feelings are not something you can play with
Maybe once, but never twice
Better listen to my advice
If you're gonna believe in someone
Who still cares for you
If you wanna believe in fantasies
Say we're through
In my darkness, I will find the light
Lone survivor, someone save me
When I look back I think of all the years
Wasted on your love...it's over now
So if you wanna believe in someone
Who still cares for you
If you wanna believe in fantasies
Say we're through
CHORUS
Living a lie
Living a lie
Living a lie