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PERCY SLEDGE

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Percy Sledge (born November 25, 1940) is an United States|American Rhythm and blues|R&B and soul music|soul performer.

Biography
Early career
Percy Sledge worked in a series of blue-collar jobs in the fields in Leighton, Alabama before taking a job as an orderly at Colbert County, Alabama|Colbert County Hospital in Sheffield, Alabama|Sheffield. Through the mid 1960s, he toured the Southeastern United States|Southeast with the Esquires Combo on weekends while working at the hospital during the week. A former patient and mutual friend of Sledge and record producer Quin Ivy introduced the two. An audition followed, and Sledge was signed to a recording contract.<ref name="lmhof">{{cite web|publisher = Louisiana Music Hall of Fame|first = Tom|last = Aswell|title = Louisiana Music Hall of Fame - Percy Sledge - 2007|url = http://louisianamusichalloffame.org/ozzy/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=42|accessdate = 2008-02-25.</ref>

Sledge's soulful human voice|voice was perfect for the series of soul ballads produced by Ivy and Marlin Greene, which rock music|rock music journalism|critic Dave Marsh called "emotional classics for romantics of all ages."

"When a Man Loves a Woman (song)|When a Man Loves a Woman" was Sledge's first song recorded under the contract, and was released in 1966. The so... read all