Percy Sledge
Percy Tyrone Sledge was an American RampB, soul and gospel singer. He is best known for the song When a Man Loves a Woman, a No.hit on both the Billboard Hot 100 and RampB singles charts in 1966. It was awarded a millionselling, Goldcertified disc from the RIAA.
Sledge was born on November 25, 1940 in Leighton, Alabama. He worked in a series of agricultural jobs in the fields in Leighton before taking a job as an orderly at Colbert County Hospital in Sheffield, Alabama. Through the mid1960s, he toured the Southeast with the Esquires Combo on weekends, while working at the hospital during the week. A former patient and mutual friend of Sledge and record producer Quin Ivy introduced the two. An audition followed, and Sledge was signed to a recording contract.
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