LoginPercy Sledge
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Born: 25 November 1940 Died: 14 April 2015
Country of origin: 
United States
Relationship Status: Married
Partner: Rosa
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500 Greatest Songs of all time - Updated!
(262 items)list by Happy Vader
Published 12 years, 3 months ago 
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7 comments
36 votes
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Performers
(174 items)list by tartan_skirt
Published 15 years, 7 months ago
10 comments
10 comments
27 votes
Listal's Favourite Singer
(77 items)list by 13th moody grape
Published 11 years, 2 months ago
23 comments
23 comments
16 votes
Music...Soul Artists/Groups of Yesterday
(233 items)list by william maxey 83
Published 10 years, 2 months ago
3 comments
3 comments
15 votes
500 favorite songs of the 60's - UPDATED
(227 items)list by jeffpsych
Published 10 years, 11 months ago
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Alabama-born Percy Sledge had a somewhat unusual introduction to the music business. Working as an orderly in a local hospital, he was touring with a local band called the Esquires Combo on weekends and working at the hospital during the week. A former patient at the hospital who knew both Sledge and local record producer Quin Ivy introduced them to each other. Ivy was impressed with Sledge's emotional style of singing and signed him to a recording contract. Sledge hit it big with his first record, the classic "When a Man Loves a Woman", released by Atlantic Records, which went on to become a worldwide hit (and, incide
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1. Saturday Night Live (1975)
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3. Later... With Jools Holland (1992)
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4. Taratata
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3. Blue Night
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Movies
1. Muscle Shoals (2013)
| Rating: | 13 Watched |
2. Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon (2011)
| Rating: | 4 Watched |
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Onion Jack added this to a list 2 years, 4 months ago
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (420 music items)"CLASS OF 2005PERFORMERSPERCY SLEDGE● R&B ● SOUL ● TRADITIONAL POP ●PERCY TURONE SLEDGE Born: 25 November 1940 Died: 14 April 2015RIAA CERTIFICATIONS- = SINGLES = - ► Gold: 1 ◄KEY SONGSWhen a Man Loves a Woman (1966)- selected for 'The 660 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll'- selected for the 'Grammy Hall of Fame'- certified Gold by the RIAA"
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Moviebuff's Top 15 Love Songs (15 movies items)