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 ...

Percy Sledge had plenty of big records, but nothing compared to 1966's "When a Man Loves a Woman," his first single, first hit and lasting legacy. The song stands as the pinnacle of deep Southern soul ...

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Soul singer Percy Sledge, 74, was laid to rest Tuesday. The 2005 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee died one week ago, after battling liver cancer. Friends say it's important ...

Percy Sledge, who soared from part-time singer and hospital orderly to lasting fame with his aching, forlorn performance on the classic "When a Man Loves a Woman," died Tuesday in Louisiana. He was 73 ...

Sound engineer Jimmy Johnson knew he had captured something special on tape as Percy Sledge finished singing "When a Man Loves a Woman" in a recording studio in 1965. Sledge, who died Tuesday, grew up ...

Soul balladeer Percy Sledge performs at the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in Tuscumbia, Ala., on July 24, 2004. Sledge, Irish rockers U2, R&B singers The O'Jays, The Pretenders and blues guitarist Buddy ...

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 ...

Two vivid memories of Percy Sledge sprang to mind Monday for producer Saul Davis upon hearing the news that the soul singer had died at 74 after a long bout with cancer. Davis — who co-produced (with ...

During the mid-sixties, Sledge worked as a hospital nurse while touring to get his music career off the ground. By Joe Lynch, Billboard Percy Sledge - H 2015 Percy Sledge, the R&B powerhouse who ...

When I met Sledge in 1994 he had his first new album out in 20 years. He was a delightful man, short, round and modest with a lovely gap-toothed smile. We talked about what he’d been up to in the ...

Morning Edition's series One-Hit Wonders / Second-Best Songs focuses on musicians or bands whose careers in the United States are defined by a single monster hit, and explains why their catalogs have ...