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Leighton, Alabama, USA
Percy Tyrone Sledge 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.
Known for
- Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon — Self2011
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - I'll Take You There — Himself2009
- Classic Soul at the BBC — Self (archive footage)2007
- Casey Kasem's Rock 'n' Roll Goldmine: The Soul Years — Self (archive footage)2004
- Rhythm and Blues 40: A Soul Spectacular — Self2001
- NeXt — Self1994
- Flitterabend — Self - Singer1988
- Goldener Löwe — Self1984
- Okay — Self1979
- Saturday Night Live — Self - Musical Guest1975
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Key facts
- Born
- Percy Tyrone Sledge , ( 1940-11-25 ) November 25, 1940, Leighton, Alabama , U.S.
- Died
- April 14, 2015 (2015-04-14) (aged 74), Baton Rouge, Louisiana , U.S.
- Genres
- R&B , soul , traditional pop
- Instrument
- Vocals
- Years active
- 1960–2014
- Labels
- Atlantic , Capricorn , Monument , Pointblank , Diablo Records, Sledgehammer Records, Virgin
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Percy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Leighton
- Place of death
- Baton Rouge
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Baptists
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Capricorn Records
- Official website
- psledge.com
- Image
- Percy Sledge 1974 touring.jpg
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- Commons category
- Percy Sledge
- date of birth
- 1940-11-25
- cause of death
- liver cancer
- date of death
- 2015-04-15
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Percy Sledge” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.