SONGWRITING & PERFORMING DUO ASHFORD & SIMPSON AT FEINSTEIN'S
FEINSTEIN'S at the Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue, NYC - 212-339-4095
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http://www.feinsteinsattheregency.com/
) will open their Fall 2007 season with the return of ASHFORD & SIMPSON
from September 12th through 29th. Following their 2006 debut at the
club, which opened to packed houses and critical raves, the celebrated
songwriters and performers will perform many of their greatest hits
including "I'm Every Woman," "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," "Solid"
and "Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand." The show will play the
following schedule: Tuesday through Saturday at 8:30 pm with late
shows on Friday and Saturday at 11:00 pm.
ASHFORD & SIMPSON - the husband and wife duo Nickolas
Ashford and Valerie Simpson - have had dual careers as performers
and songwriters, having provided many iconic artists with some of
their biggest hits. Their songs have been recorded by legends such
as Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Ray Charles, Whitney Houston, Marvin
Gaye, Chaka Kahn, Mary J. Blige, Smokey Robinson, Gladys Knight,
Ronnie Milsap and Nina Simone, among many more.
Ashford & Simpson met in 1964 and scored their first
songwriting hit in 1966 with Ray Charles' recording of their "Let's
Go Get Stoned." After a period at Scepter Records, they moved to
Motown, where they wrote hits for the duo of Marvin Gaye and Tammi
Terrell ("Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing," "You're All I Need
to Get By"). When Diana Ross left the Supremes for a solo career,
Ashford & Simpson wrote "Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand" for
her. Their own performing career was launched in 1973 with Keep
It Comin' on Motown and Gimme Something Real on Warner Bros. Their
first success came in 1977 with the gold-selling Send It, which
contained the Top Ten R&B hit "Don't Cost You Nothing."
Is It Still Good to Ya, a second gold album, contained
the number two R&B hit "It Seems to Hang On" in 1978. Stay Free,
their third straight gold album, contained "Found a Cure," another
R&B smash that also made the Top 40 on the pop chart. A Musical
Affair, in 1980, featured the hit "Love Don't Make It Right." Their
performing career saw a huge resurgence in 1984 with Solid, which
went gold and produced the R&B #1 smash "Solid" (#12 on the pop
charts).
Their own record label, Hopsack and Silk, launched
in 1996 with Been Found, a collaboration with poet Maya Angelou.
That year, ASCAP presented them with their highest honor, the Founders
Award and in 1999 they received the Pioneer Award from the Rhythm
& Blues Foundation. They have also hosted a long-running radio program
on KISS FM Radio.
All shows have a $60 cover and a $40 food/drink minimum.
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