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Percy Sledge

Percy Sledge

American singer


Dead at 74 years
Birthday
Monday
He is born 83 years, 4 months and 3 days ago
Death date
Tuesday

He is dead since 8 years, 11 months and 14 days

Cause of death: liver cancer

Birthplace
Leighton, United States
Nationality: american États-Unis
Categorie
Singers » Soul singers
Birth sign: Sagittarius
Chinese birth sign: Dragon
Borns the same day: 11/25/1940
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Percy Tyrone Sledge (November 25, 1940 – April 14, 2015) was an American R&B, soul and gospel singer. He is best known for the song "When a Man Loves a Woman", a No. 1 hit on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B singles charts in 1966. It was awarded a million-selling, Gold-certified disc from the RIAA.

After working as a hospital orderly in the early 1960s, Sledge achieved his greatest success in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a series of emotional soul songs. In 1989, Sledge received the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's Pioneer Award. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.

Source : Wikipedia