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Percy Sledge (born 25 November 1940 in Leighton, Alabama; died 14 April 201… Read Full Bio ↴Percy Sledge (born 25 November 1940 in Leighton, Alabama; died 14 April 2015 in Baton Rouge) was an American R&B and soul performer who most notably recorded the single "When a Man Loves a Woman" in 1966, an international top 40 hit that the RIAA has certified as gold. Having achieved his best successes in the mid-to-late 60s and early 70s with a series of emotional soul songs, in his later years he received the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's Career Achievement Award and was inducted in 2005 into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Percy Sledge worked in the fields in Leighton before he worked as an orderly at Colbert County Hospital in Sheffield. By the mid-1960s, Sledge was touring the Southeast with the Esquires Combo on weekends and working at the hospital. A former patient who was a friend of producer Quin Ivy introduced the two, an audition followed, and Sledge was signed to a recording contract.

Sledge's smooth voice was perfect for the series of soul ballads produced by Ivy and Marlin Greene, which rock critic Dave Marsh called "emotional classics for romantics of all ages."

"When a Man Loves a Woman" was the first song recorded under the contract (released in 1966), and it became not only an international hit (it reached #1 in the US) but was also the first gold record released by Atlantic Records. The magnificent soul anthem became the cornerstone of Sledge's career and was followed by "Warm and Tender Love," "Take Time to Know Her," and "Cover Me."

Sledge charted with "I'll Be Your Everything" and "Sunshine" during the 1970s, and has become an international concert favorite throughout the world, especially in the Netherlands, Germany, and on the African continent.

His career enjoyed a renaissance in the 1980s when "When a Man Loves a Woman" re-entered the Top 10 in the UK after being used in a Levi's commercial.

Sledge was an inaugural Rhythm and Blues Foundation Pioneer Award honoree in 1989. In 2005, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Baby Help Me Now that you're here But you can't find another love That's …
Behind Closed Doors My baby makes me proud, Lord, don't she make me…
Blue Water Now a man ain't suppose to cry But with all this…
Bring It On Home to Me If you ever change your mind About leaving, leaving me behin…
Cover Me Cover me, cover me Spread your precious love all over me Oh,…
I've Been Loving You Too Long I've been loving you too long To stop now You are tired…
If Loving You Is Wrong If loving you is wrong I don't wanna be right If being…
It Tears Me Up I see you walk with him, I see you talk to…
Just Out of Reach Out of reach of my two empty arms Love that runs…
My Adorable One I can't say you are my adorable one Oh yeah Oh yeah I…
Out of Left Field When least expected Fate stumbles in Bringing light to the d…
Take Time to Know Her I found a woman I felt a true love She was…
The Dark End of the Street At the dark end of the street That's where we always…
Try a Little Tenderness Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Warm and Tender Love Yes baby, Now I'm gonna try to wrap you in my…
When A Man Loves A Woman When a man loves a woman Can't keep his mind on…
You Send Me Darling, you send me I know, you send me Darling, you send…


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