Percy Sledge
Percy Tyrone Sledge (November 25, 1940 – April 14, 2015) was an American R&B, soul and gospel singer. He is best known for the song "When a Man Loves a Woman", a No. 1 hit on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B singles charts in 1966. It was awarded a million-selling, gold-certified disc from the RIAA. After working as a hospital orderly in the early 1960s, Sledge achieved his greatest success in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a series of emotional soul songs. In 1989, Sledge received the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's Pioneer Award. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.
Genre: soul, rock-and-roll, classic-soul, southern-soul
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Top Tracks
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- When a Man Loves a Woman - 2000 Remaster
- Try a Little Tenderness - 2000 Remaster
- Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Empty Arms)
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- Sugar Puddin' - 2000 Remaster
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- That's How Strong My Love Is - 2000 Remaster
- What Am I Living For - 2000 Remaster
- Behind Every Great Man There's a Woman - 2000 Remaster
- You Really Got a Hold on Me - 2000 Remaster
- Warm and Tender Love - 2000 Remaster
- Set Me Free
- You're Pouring Water on a Drowning Man - 2000 Remaster
- You Fooled Me - 2000 Remaster
- Tell It Like It Is - 2000 Remaster
- When She Touches Me (Nothing Else Matters) - 2000 Remaster
- My Adorable One - 2000 Remaster
- Love Me All the Way - 2000 Remaster
- Oh How Happy - 2000 Remaster
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