Percy 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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45 votes

500 Greatest Songs of all time - Updated! (262 items)
list by Happy Vader

Published 14 years, 9 months ago

7 comments

36 votes

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Performers (174 items)
list by tartan_skirt

Published 18 years, 1 month ago

10 comments

27 votes

Listal's Favourite Singer (77 items)
list by 13th moody grape

Published 13 years, 8 months ago

23 comments

17 votes

Music...Soul Artists/Groups of Yesterday (233 items)
list by william maxey 83

Published 12 years, 8 months ago

3 comments

15 votes

500 favorite songs of the 60's - UPDATED (227 items)
list by jeffpsych

Published 13 years, 4 months ago

5 comments

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Description: 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 ... (more)

Tags: Soul (1), R&B (1), Born 1941 (1), Liver Cancer (1), Traditional Pop (1), Died 2015 (1)

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