The Real Thing: The Songs of Ashford, Simpson & Armstead
CD
"They worked together as a team for just two years, but during that time Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson and Joshie Jo Armstead wrote dozens of great soul songs, 24 of which comprise “The Real Thing”, the latest addition to Ace's unofficial songwriters series.
Florence Greenberg had a keen eye for talent and in 1965 signed the trio to Flomar Music, the publishing arm of Scepter-Wand Records, on which labels Maxine Brown, Chuck Jackson, the Diplomats, the Shirelles, BJ Thomas and others all recorded Ashford/Simpson/Armstead material.
The number that made them was ‘Let’s Go Get Stoned’, a smash hit in 1966 for Ray Charles, but heard here in its original version by the Coasters, recorded a year earlier. Not long after the song reached #1 on the R&B charts, Joshie Jo relocated to Chicago, while Nick and Val were snapped up by Motown, but that’s another story".
Tracklisting
1 Are You Trying To Get Rid Of Me Baby - The CRYSTALS
2 Too Hot To Hold - BETTY EVERETT
3 Look Away - The SHIRELLES
4 Love Ain't What It Used To Be - The DIPLOMATS
5 Same Old Feeling - JO ANN & TROY
6 You're In Love - MAXINE BROWN
7 Only Your Love Can Save Me - BATTY LAVETTE
8 Baby I'll Come - MARY LOVE
9 Cry Like A Baby - ARETHA FRANKLIN
10 I'm Satisfied - CHUCK JACKSON & MAXINE BROWN
11 Dance Children Dance - MARY LOVE
12 You're Absolutely Right - TINA BRITT
13 Mr Creator - The APOLLAS
14 Looky, Looky (What I Got) - CANDY & The KISSES
15 Never Had It So Good - B J THOMAS
16 The Shoe Won't Fit - BETTY EVERETT
17 The Real Thing - The CHIFFONS
18 Smokie Joe's - The JEWELLS
19 Say It Again - MARIE KNIGHT
20 Please Little Angel - DORIS TROY
21 I Saw Pity In The Face Of A Friend - RONNIE MILSAPP
22 No Better For You - BIG MAYBELLE
23 Running Out - VERNON GARRETT
24 Let's Go Get Stoned - The COASTERS
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