Before they scored hits in their own name, Ashford & Simpson were songwriters, mostly, teaming up with Joshie Jo Armstead for instance … Here's an A&S penned song from 1967 plus the original version of "Let's go get stoned" - as released in 1965 by the Coasters, who're most famous for working with Mike Stoller & Jerry Leiber (also deceased) … I.M. Nickolas Ashford.
http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/nickolas-ashford/39547
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/aug/23/nickolas-ashford-obituary
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-nick-ashford-obit-20110823,0,1364822.story

1985 (the Fall) > 1975 (Can) > 1968 (Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell) … More on that Fall track in my next post …
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damo_Suzuki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landed_(album)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You're_All_I_Need_to_Get_By