Percy Sledge, singer of “When a Man Loves a Woman,” the 1966 No. 1 hit that became a soul-music classic, was remembered Tuesday as a kind and charismatic man who lit up rooms and concert stages with ...

Rhino Records has just released the complete Atlantic recordings of Percy Sledge. Fresh Air's rock historian Ed Ward listens back to the country soul singer's hits, some of which have never before ...

In 1979 Percy Sledge recorded a collection of country music covers in Nashville and released it under the on-the-nose title Percy Sledge Sings Country. Although eternally tied to his monumental 1966 ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few voices in soul music history have captured the raw complexities of love and heartache quite like Percy Sledge. With a vocal style rooted in gospel tradition and delivered with ...

Percy Sledge, who recorded the classic ballad, 'When a Man Loves a Woman," died today in Baton Rouge. Not long after that first recording went No. 1, Sledge began to move to Macon where he worked with ...

Singer Percy Sledge, perhaps best known for his hit "When A Man Loves A Woman," has died at his home in Baton Rouge, La., Artists International Management Inc., his talent agency, said. The coroner ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Entertainment. Followed categories will be added to My News. Dr William “Beau” Clark, coroner for East Baton Rouge Parish, said that Sledge died early Tuesday, ...