Valerie Simpson

R&B Singer

Birthday August 26, 1946

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace The Bronx, NY

Age 78 years old

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About

Collaborated on Ain't No Mountain High Enough, You're All I Need to Get By, and I'm Every Woman with Nickolas Ashford.

Before Fame

She played piano and sung with New York City's White Rock Baptist Church's choir where she met Ashford.

Trivia

She and Ashford were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002.

Family Life

She and Ashford were married in 1974. They had two daughters together.

Associated With

She, Ashford, and former Ikettes member Joshie Jo Armstead wrote Let's Go Get Stoned, which Ray Charles turned into a #1 1966 U.S. R&B hit.