Percy Sledge: Singer of When a Man Loves a Woman Dies at 74
April 14, 2015
Percy Sledge was an American soul singer. Born on November 25, 1940, in Leighton, Alabama, he worked as a hospital orderly before his singing career.
His 1966 hit "When a Man Loves a Woman" reached No. 1 on both the pop and R&B charts and became a soul standard. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.
Sledge died of liver cancer at his home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on April 14, 2015, at age 74.
Achievements: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2005).
Birth: November 25, 1940 - Leighton, Alabama.
Profession: Soul singer.
Interesting Facts: He recorded his hit in Muscle Shoals.