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Leighton AL, United States

Percy Sledge (born 25 November 1941 in Leighton, Alabama) is a US-American r&b and soul performer.

Percy Sledge worked in the fields in Leighton before he worked as an orderly at Colbert County Hospital in Sheffield. By the mid-1960s, Sledge was touring the Southeast with the Esquires Combo on weekends and working at the hospital. A former patient who was a friend of producer Quin Ivy introduced the two, an audition followed, and Sledge was signed to a recording contract.

Sledge’s smooth voice was perfect for the series of soul ballads produced by Ivy and Marlin Greene, which rock critic Dave Marsh called “emotional classics for romantics of all ages.”

“When a Man Loves a Woman” was the first song recorded under the contract (released in 1966), and it became not only an international hit (it reached #1 in the US) but was also the first gold record released by Atlantic Records. The magnificent soul anthem became the cornerstone of Sledge’s career and was followed by “Warm And Tender Love,” “Take Time To Know Her,” and “Cover Me.”

Sledge charted with “I’ll Be Your Everything” and “Sunshine” during the 1970s, and has become an international concert favorite throughout the world, especially in the Netherlands, Germany, and on the African continent.

His career enjoyed a renaissance in the 1980s when “When a Man Loves a Woman” re-entered the Top 10 in the UK after being used in a Levi’s commercial.

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1		When a Man Loves a Woman			2,134
2		The Dark End Of The Street			157
3		Warm And Tender Love			131
4		Take Time To Know Her			125
5		My Special Prayer			115
6		It Tears Me Up			106
7		Cover Me			68
8		Dark End Of The Street			67
9		Out Of Left Field			63
10		When A Man Loves A Woman (Re-Recorded / Remastered)			58
11		A Whiter Shade Of Pale			57
12		Try A Little Tenderness			50
13		(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay			42
14		You Really Got a Hold on Me			33
14		Bring It On Home To Me			33

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