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Bookmark or Share- Percy Sledge, who sang ‘When a Man Loves a Woman,’ diesSledge died Tuesday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at age 74. His family said in a statement released through Lyman that he died "peacefully" at his home after a yearlong struggle with cancer. The cause of death was liver failure, Lyman said.
- Percy Sledge - WikipediaPercy 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.
- Percy Sledge - Encyclopedia of AlabamaPercy Sledge Singer Percy Sledge (1940-2015) was one of the most identifiable voices in the genre of country-soul, which emerged from the multicultural working-class environment of Muscle Shoals in the mid-1960s. Recognized for his keening, forlorn vocal quality and fluid phrasing, Sledge's voice bears a stylistic kinship with "high-lonesome ...
- Percy Sledge dies at 74; sang ‘When a Man Loves a Woman’It became a career-defining and -sustaining song for Sledge, who died at the age of 74 on Tuesday in Baton Rouge, La., after a long fight with cancer.
- Percy Sledge Had A Voice The Whole World Heard - NPRSoul singer Percy Sledge epitomized Southern soul in ballads like "When A Man Loves A Woman," which became a massive international hit when it came out in 1966. Sledge died...
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