(ThyBlackMan.com) Few voices in soul music history have captured the raw complexities of love and heartache quite like Percy Sledge. With a vocal style rooted in gospel tradition and delivered with ...
MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. -- Percy Sledge, who soared from part-time singer and hospital orderly to lasting fame with his aching, forlorn performance on the classic "When a Man Loves a Woman," died Tuesday ...
Percy Sledge, the star who was well known for his number one single When a Man Loves a Woman, passed away at his home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana after a long battle against cancer. Dr William Clark, ...
NEW ORLEANS — Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman," a desperate, soulful ode to the lengths a man will go to for the woman he loves, was his only big hit, but it had staying power. When he ...