Valerie Ghent

Ghent later began her performing career when she joined Dizzy and the Romilars at the age of 15.

[2] Ghent is a longtime keyboardist, vocalist and engineer with Ashford & Simpson.

As a solo artist, Ghent has released five albums under her own name: Unstoppable (1996), Day to Day Dream (2012), Muse (2014), Velours (2016), and The French Sessions (2017), and a remake of the Ben E. King hit Supernatural Thing (2013).

Her first solo album, Unstoppable, was self-recorded with Jimmy Biondolillo employed as co-producer.

[7] Ghent has toured, performed and recorded with world-renowned artists including Ashford & Simpson, Debbie Harry, Grayson Hugh, Defunkt,[8] Valerie Simpson, Dr. Maya Angelou, Billy Preston, TM Stevens, and has worked as a recording engineer with Ashford & Simpson, Sir Cliff Richard, Nina Simone, Roberta Flack, and Luther Vandross.