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Sledge at the 2010 ConcertBackground informationBirth namePercy Tyrone SledgeBorn( 1941-11-25)November 25, 1941, U.S.DiedApril 14, 2015 (2015-04-14) (aged 73), U.S.Genres,InstrumentsYears active1960–2014Labels,Percy Tyrone Sledge (November 25, 1941 – April 14, 2015) was an American, and singer. He is best known for the song ', a No.
1 hit on both the and R&B singles charts in 1966. It was awarded a million-selling, Gold-certified disc from the.Having previously worked as a hospital orderly in the early 1960s, Sledge achieved his strongest success in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a series of emotional soul songs.
In later years, Sledge received the 's Career Achievement Award. He was inducted into the in 2005. Sledge performing on tour in 1974Sledge's soulful voice was perfect for the series of soul produced by Ivy and Marlin Greene, which rock critic called 'emotional classics for romantics of all ages'. ' was Sledge's first song recorded under the contract, and was released in March 1966. According to Sledge, the inspiration for the song came when his girlfriend left him for a modelling career after he was laid off from a construction job in late 1965, and, because bassist Calvin Lewis and organist Andrew Wright helped him with the song, he gave all the songwriting credits to them. It reached No.
1 in the US and went on to become an international hit. When a Man Loves a Woman' was a hit twice in the UK, reaching No. 4 in 1966 and, on reissue, peaked at No. The song was also the first gold record released. The soul anthem became the cornerstone of Sledge's career, and was followed by 'Warm and Tender Love' (covered by British singer in 1981), 'It Tears Me Up', ' (his second biggest US hit, reaching No. 11; the song's lyric was written by Steve Davis), ', and 'Cover Me'.Sledge charted with 'I'll Be Your Everything' and 'Sunshine' during the 1970s, and became an international concert favorite throughout the world, especially in the, and on the; he averaged 100 concerts a year in. Later career Sledge's career enjoyed a renaissance in the 1980s when 'When a Man Loves a Woman' re-entered the, peaking at No.
2 behind the reissued classic ', after being used in a. In the early 1990s, brought 'When a Man Loves a Woman' back into the limelight again on his hit album. On the week of November 17 to November 23, 1991, Bolton's version also hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, exactly 25½ years to the week after Percy's did in 1966.In 1994, Saul Davis and produced Sledge's album, Blue Night, for Philippe Le Bras' Sky Ranch label.
It featured, and among others. Blue Night received a Grammy nomination for, Vocal or Instrumental, and in 1996 it won the for best soul or blues album.In 2004, Davis and Goldberg also produced the Shining Through the Rain album, which preceded his induction into the. Songs on the CD were written by, the,. The same year Percy recorded a live album with his band Sunset Drive entitled Percy Sledge and Sunset Drive – Live in Virginia on WRM Records produced by Warren Rodgers.In May 2007, Percy was inducted into The in his home city of.In December 2010, issued a four-CD retrospective, The Atlantic Recordings, which covers all of the issued Atlantic masters, as well as many of the tracks unissued in the United States (although some were simply the mono versions of songs originally issued in stereo; Disc 1 comprises Sledge's first two LPs which were not recorded on stereo equipment).
In 2011 Sledge toured with Sir during his Soulicious tour, performing '. Personal life Sledge married twice and was survived by his second wife, Rosa Sledge, whom he married in 1980. He had 12 children, three of whom became singers. Death Sledge died of at his home in on April 14, 2015, at the age of 73. His interment was in Baton Rouge's Heavenly Gates Cemetery. December 3, 2013, at the. Archived from on April 26, 2012.
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