Percy Tyrone Sledge (November 25, 1940 – April 14, 2015) was an American R&B, soul and gospel singer. He is best known for “When a Man Loves a Woman,” a No. 1 hit on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B singles charts in 1966. The single was awarded a million‑selling, gold‑certified disc by 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, he received the Rhythm and Blues Foundation’s Pioneer Award, and in 2005 he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Sledge was born on November 25, 1940, in Leighton, Alabama. He worked various agricultural jobs in the fields near Leighton before taking a job as an orderly at Colbert County Hospital in Sheffield, Alabama. Through the mid‑1960s, he toured the Southeast with the Esquires Combo on weekends while working at the hospital during the week. A former patient who knew both Sledge and record producer Quin Ivy introduced the two. An audition followed, and Sledge was signed to a recording contract. Sledge’s soulful voice proved ideal for the series of soul ballads produced by Ivy and Marlin Greene, which rock critic Dave Marsh described as “emotional classics for romantics of all ages.” “When a Man Loves a Woman” was Sledge’s first recording under the contract and was released in March 1966. According to Sledge, the song was inspired by a breakup after his girlfriend left him for a modeling career shortly after he was laid off from a construction job in late 1965.
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My Special Prayer
When a Man Loves a Woman
Baby Help Me
Warm and tender love
Cover Me
Baby Help Me
Kind Woman
ll Be Your Everything
Stand By Me
Come Softly to Me
It’s all wrong, but it’s alright
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