- The song "I'm Every Woman", first popularized by Chaka Khan (1978) and then Whitney Houston (1993), was written by Simpson and husband Nick Ashford.
- Hit songs written by Miss Simpson and husband Nick Ashford include "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "Solid", "You're All I Need to Get By", "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing", "Let's Go Get Stoned", and "The Boss", recorded by many R&B and pop legends as Ray Charles, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell, The Supremes, Aretha Franklin, The Four Tops, Whitney Houston, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Martha & The Vandellas, Chaka Khan, The Temptations, and The Marvelettes.
- Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002 with husband Nick Ashford.
- First met future husband, Nick Ashford, in a Harlem church in 1963.
- Valerie appeared with Chaka Khan in the 1993 video release of her song "I'm Every Woman" as performed by Whitney Houston from the soundtrack of The Bodyguard (1992).
- Older sister of Ray Simpson.
- Co-hostess, with Nick Ashford and Angela Stribling, of an infomercial for TimeLife's "Uptown Saturday Night" music collection. (2007)
- Friends with Teddy Pendergrass.
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