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 74 ...

Percy Sledge, out of Leighton, Alabama, sang the soul classic "When a Man Loves a Woman" for Atlantic Records in 1966, and had continued to perform his biggest hit on gigs in the U.S. and Europe. The ...

Leighton native and Muscle Shoals music icon Percy Sledge, whose powerful driving voice is most associated with the No. 1 hit, “When A Man Loves A Woman,” died Tuesday at his home in Baton Rouge.

Percy Sledge, a former blue-collar hospital nurse turned world-famous R&B crooner, will forever be associated with "When a Man Loves a Woman," a pleading, soulful ballad he sings with wrenching ...

Percy Sledge says what has become one of rock’s greatest love songs wasn’t supposed to be a love song at all. Sledge, who was born in the small Alabama town of Leighton, says “When a Man Loves a Woman ...

BATON ROUGE, LA -- 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 ...

MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. — 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 ...