One of the original songwriters/production team of “You’re All That I Need To Get By” has died. Nick Ashford of the husband-and-wife team Ashord & Simpson died yesterday (August 22) in New York City. Within the Hip Hop community, Ashford & Simpson’s 1968 hit by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell was adapted by Method Man and Mary J Blige for 1994’s “I’ll Be There For You.”
From Ashford & Simpson’s own catalog, spanning several decades, Hip Hop sampled works in the form of MC Lyte‘s 1988 hit “Lyte As A Rock” and Zhané’s “Request Line.”
Ashford died from complications of throat cancer. He was 69 years old.
