Name: BarryNet Message Board Date/Time: 5/4/2020 2:05 AM Subject: Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing Song for the Day - May 4, 2020: Barry Manilow's duet with Muffy Hendrix, "AIN'T NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING" from Barry's 1985 album MANILOW! "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing" was written by Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson in 1968, and was a Top Ten duet single for Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell on Billboard's Hot 100 that same year. Nickolas "Nick" Ashford (1941 - 2011) was born on May 4th.