R.I.P. Jerry Leiber and Nick Ashford

One of Leiber & Stoller’s best*:

And one of Ashford & Simpson’s best:

*Apparently King himself had written some of the lyrics and was noodling around with them for Leiber & Stoller. They arranged it and added the strings. This version of events is supported by King himself in a phone conversation with Melissa Block of NPR’s All Things Considered today.