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Reissue ReWind: Valerie Simpson – Exposed/Valerie Simpson (SoulMusic Records, 2015)

2022-03-12T13:02:11-05:00February 25, 2022|Categories: Reissue ReWind, Reissues, The SoulMusic Store|Tags: , , , , , |

Reissue of two rare Motown solo albums by the legendary songwriter/producer and

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DAVID NATHAN’S DIARY – September 16, 2021: ARETHA – A Closer Look (Pt 4): You’re All I Need To Get By

2022-02-15T03:49:44-05:00September 14, 2021|Categories: David Nathan’s Diary|Tags: , , , , |

Continuing the ongoing series of taking a closer look at tracks from the 2021 career-spanning 4CD set, "ARETHA" that illustrate ‘The Queen Of Soul’ at work in the studio, co-producer David Nathan focuses on Aretha’s 1971 version of the Motown classic, “You’re All I Need To Get By” from Disc 2…

VALERIE SIMPSON: Classic Soul 1971 Interview

2021-04-20T17:53:01-04:00April 20, 2021|Categories: Classic Soul Interviews, Motown, Uncategorized|Tags: , , |

2021 Introduction: A semi-finalist up for induction into The SoulMusic Hall Of Fame ‘Female Artist’ category (having already been inducted into several other categories before, including ‘Lifetime Achievement’ and ‘Motown Artist’ as a soloist and ‘Producer’ and ‘Songwriter’ as part of the Ashford & Simpson partnership), Valerie Simpson’s work as a solo recording artist first appeared in 1971 with the critically-acclaimed LP, ‘Exposed.” We revisit her first-ever transatlantic phone interview conducted by David Nathan, 40 years ago…

ASHFORD & SIMPSON: Classic Soul 1979 Interview

2020-10-16T18:35:58-04:00October 16, 2020|Categories: Classic Soul Interviews, David Nathan, Uncategorized|Tags: , |

SoulMusic.com founder David Nathan conducted his first in person interview in America while on holiday in October, 1974 with Nick Ashford & Valerie Simpson, already established as hitmaking songwriters and producers at Motown and by 1974, one year into recording a series of amazing albums for Warner Brothers. By 1979, David was living in New York and Nick & Val were riding a wave of success as performers and chartmakers in their own right...

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