Remembering Nickolas Ashford Today on What Would Have Been His 85th Birthday (Born 5/4/41)

May 4, 2026 Albumism Staff

Please join the Albumism team in celebrating Nickolas Ashford’s musical legacy and revisit audio & video highlights from his career below!

Born: May 4, 1941
Died: August 22, 2011
Biography | Discography

Add Ashford & Simpson's records to YOUR collection:

BUY ON AMAZON

As an Amazon affiliate partner, Albumism earns commissions from qualifying purchases.

Listen:

Watch/Listen (Playlist):

Featured

P.M. Dawn’s Debut Album ‘Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary

A far cry from the streetwise, ego-driven disposition of their hip-hop counterparts at the time, P.M. Dawn’s debut LP helped hip-hop expand and evolve.

The Beatles’ ‘Revolver’ Turns 60 | Album Anniversary

In the sixty years since its arrival, The Fab Four’s seventh studio album has lost none of its capacity to astonish. It remains a record that sounds simultaneously of its time and ahead of it.

Barbra Streisand’s ‘Barbra Joan Streisand’ Turns 55 | Album Anniversary

Streisand’s thirteenth studio affair exhibits a quiet confidence that feels almost radical, revealing new emotional shades long after the final note fades.

Summary Block

This block is invalid. Please check the block settings and try again.

Featured

Aenean eu leo Quam

Quisque iaculis facilisis lacinia. Mauris euismod pellentesque tellus sit amet mollis.