The Very Best of Ashford & Simpson

Original Release Date:  January 15, 2002

Track Listing

• 1. Medley: You're All I Need to Get By/Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing [
• 2. (I'd Know You) Anywhere
• 3. Somebody Told a Lie
• 4. Send It
• 5. Don't Cost You Nothing
• 6. By Way of Love's Express
• 7. Stuff Like That
• 8. It Seems to Hang On
• 9. Is It Still Good to Ya
• 10. Found a Cure
• 11. Nobody Knows
• 12. Love Don't Make It Right
• 13. Happy Endings
• 14. Street Corner
• 15. Solid

Credits

• John Tropea: Guitar
• Patti Austin: Concert Mistress
• Gwen Guthrie: Vocals
• Luther Vandross: Vocals
• Jimmy Cleveland: Trombone
• Buddy Collette: Horn
• Jon Faddis: Trumpet
• Don Grolnick: Keyboards
• Quincy Jones: Arranger, Composer, Producer
• Hubert Laws: Horn
• Rob Mounsey: Synthesizer, Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
• Bill Perkins: Horn
• Jerome Richardson: Horn
• Bud Shank: Flute (Alto)
• George Young: Horn, Sax (Alto)
• Howard Johnson: Horn
• Seldon Powell: Saxophone
• Bill Watrous: Trombone
• Donna Lynn: Cover Photo
• Ralph MacDonald: Percussion, Composer, Conga, Syndrum
• Andy Abrams: String Engineer, Horn Engineer
• Malcolm Addey: Assistant
• Joe Arlotta: Assistant Engineer
• Joshie Armstead: Vocals (Background), Voices
• Nick Ashford: Composer, Vocals (Background), Voices, Whistle (Human), Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Rhythm Arrangements
• Tom Bahler: Director
• Eluriel Tinker Barfield: Bass
• Dave Bargeron: Trombone
• Crusher Bennett: Percussion
• Glenn Berger: Assistant
• Jim Bessman: Liner Notes
• Michael Boddicker: Synthesizer, Programming, Vocoder
• Oscar Brashear: Trumpet
• Hugh Brown: Art Direction
• Pete Cannarozzi: Fender Rhodes
• Francisco Centeno: Bass
• Chaka Khan: Vocals
• Vivian Cherry: Vocals
• Ray Chew: Synthesizer, Clavinet, Rhythm Arrangements, Mini Moog
• Jon Child: Engineer
• Eddie Daniels: Sax (Alto)
• Jim Dougherty: Vocal Engineer
• Sammy Figueroa: Percussion
• Chuck Findley: Trumpet
• Jerry Friedman: Guitar
• Steve Gadd: Composer, Drums
• Eric Gale: Guitar, Composer
• Gregg Geller: Compilation Producer
• Lani Groves: Vocals
• Kevin Herron: Assistant
• Harvey Hoffman: Assistant, String Engineer
• Yogi Horton: Drums
• Michael Hutchinson: Engineer, Mixing
• Anthony Jackson: Bass
• Virgil Jones: Trumpet
• François Kevorkian: Remixing
• Bob Liftin: Engineer
• Charles Loper: Trombone
• Niels Erik Lund: Assistant
• Arthur Maebe: French Horn
• Raymond Maldonado: Trumpet
• Johnny Mandel: Percussion, Synthesizer Arrangements
• Tony May: Engineer
• Hugh McCracken: Guitar
• Ullanda McCullough: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Sidney Muldrow: French Horn
• Chris Parker: Drums
• Robert Payne: Trombone
• Leon Pendarvis: Horn Arrangements
• Johnny Potoker: Assistant, Vocal Engineer
• Ed Rak: Mixing
• Alan Raph: Trombone (Bass)
• Paul Riser: Arranger, Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
• Glenn Rosenstein: Assistant
• Zachary Sanders: Vocals
• Elliot Scheiner: Engineer, Mixing, Assistant, String Engineer
• Andy Schwartz: Guitar
• Henry Sigismonti: French Horn
• Valerie Simpson: Piano, Composer, Vocals (Background), Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Rhythm Arrangements
• Andrew Smith: Drums
• Jeff Stewart: Assistant
• John Sussewell: Drums
• Bruce Swedien: Engineer, Mixing
• Richard Tee: Organ, Piano, Composer, Keyboards
• Brooks Tillotson: French Horn
• David Tofani: Horn, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
• Steve Tose: String Engineer, Horn Engineer
• Harold Vick: Horn
• Donald Waldrop: Trombone
• Matthew Weiner: Assistant
• Chauncey Welsch: Trombone
• Philip Woo: Moog Synthesizer
• Snooky Young: Trumpet
• Carla Bandini: Assistant
• Ollie Cotton: Assistant
• Craig Michaels: Assistant
• Tim Cox: Engineer
• Charlie Collins: Drums
• Tommy Johnson: Tuba
• Raymond Simpson: Vocals (Background)
• Mick Cantarella: Assistant Engineer
• Nancy L. Hopkins: Design
• Barry Benson: Project Assistant
• Steven Chean: Editorial Research
• Tom Greto: Assistant
• Steve Woolard: Discographical Annotation
• Robert Harari: Assistant Engineer
• Ed Rackowitz: Horn Engineer
• Frank Floyd: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Jerry Block: Engineer
• Steve Jordan: Drums
• Linda Randazzo: Assistant
• David Earl Taylor: Trombone
• Gladys Sanchez: Project Assistant
• Randy Perry: Project Assistant
• Amy Utstein: Project Assistant
• Mike Alaire: Assistant
• Leigh Hall: Liner Note Coordination
• Tashion Macon: Product Manager
• Jo Motta: Project Coordinator
• Anthony DAmigo: Assistant
• David Duke: French Horn