· Debut release
Debut release: Exposed
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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Timeline
4 events▣ Album 3★ Debut release 1
1970s
2010s
Biography
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Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | — | no data |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 6 | 79.7th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 41 | 81.6th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (6 release groups · 3 studio albums)
Albums · 3
1971 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 37:32
A1I Don’t Need No Help6:30A2Love Woke Me Up This Morning3:00A3Now That There’s You2:56A4Sinner Man (Don’t Let Him Catch You)3:04A5Can’t It Wait Until Tomorrow4:00B1I Just Wanna Be There2:59B2Back to Nowhere3:37B3There Is a God3:40B4World Without Sunshine2:56B5We Can Work It Out4:501972 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 32:59
A1Fix It Alright4:10A2Benjie2:51A3Drink the Wine3:42A4One More Baby Child Born4:07A5Keep It Coming3:20B1I Believe I’m Gonna Take This Ride2:54B2Could Have Been Sweeter2:09B3Silly Wasn’t I2:09B4Genius I4:22B5Genius II3:15Dinosaurs Are Coming Back Again
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 53:49
1Sometime Thing5:072Make It Up As We Go5:003Dinosaurs Are Coming Back Again5:204Ain't No Mountain High Enough4:575Love Never Dies4:586Turn Around the Square5:497Heaven4:148Do It for Yourself3:349Trying to Be Perfect4:4110The Look5:1711Count Your Losses4:52
Album · 3
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Keep It Comin'Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracks · 31:08A1Keep It Coming3:30 A2Sinner Man (Don't Let Him Catch You)3:11 A3Drink The Wine3:42 A4Silly Wasn't I2:10 A5Now That There's You2:55 B1Love Woke Me Up3:30 B2Can't It Wait Until Tomorrow4:15 B3Genius4:29 B4Genius II3:26 | Compilation | 1977 | |
| 2004 | The CollectionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 1:15:131I Don't Need No Help6:45 2Love Woke Me Up This Morning3:20 3Now That There's You3:00 4Sinner Man3:15 5Can't It Wait Until Tomorrow4:21 6I Just Wanna Be There3:11 7Back to Nowhere3:45 8There Is a God3:49 9World Without Sunlight3:01 10We Can Work It Out4:57 11Fix It Alright4:21 12Benjie3:07 13Drink the Wine3:55 14One More Baby Child Born4:22 15Keep It Coming3:31 16I Believe I'm Gonna Take This Ride3:03 17Could Have Been Sweeter3:20 18Silly Wasn't I2:11 19Genius I4:33 20Genius II3:26 | Compilation | 11 October 2004 | |
| — | Best ofSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 1:01:541I Don't Need No Help6:51 2Love Woke Me Up This Morning3:20 3Now That There's You3:00 4Sinner Man3:15 5Can't It Wait Until Tomorrow4:21 6I Just Want to Be There3:12 7Back to Nowhere3:44 8There Is a God3:49 9A World Without Sunlight3:03 10We Can Work It Out4:56 11Silly Wasn't I2:12 12Fix It Alright4:21 13One More Baby Child Born4:23 14Keep It Coming3:31 15Genius, Part 14:31 16Genius, Part 23:25 | Compilation | — |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Valerie Simpson head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | — | no data |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 6 | 79.7th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 41 | 81.6th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashford & Simpson(band) | — | present | |
| Ashford & Simpson(band) | — | present | |
| We Are Family Collective(band) | — | present |
Where this record comes from
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/03f97204-818e-45e0-b3d5-1108a52789badiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/03f97204-818e-45e0-b3d5-1108a52789ba
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees — rank #15
75px|Gaye in 1973 | | 1 (1986) | Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson
- List of soul musicians
Tier rule: genre canon: soul
Image: no portrait (not displayed: the licence credit is missing)
Wikidata: — · MusicBrainz: 03f97204-818e-45e0-b3d5-1108a52789ba