Percy Sledge
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title:
Percy Sledge
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Percy Tyrone Sledge 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 A
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American singer (1940–2015)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Sledge
date created:
2004-04-13T19:26:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T06:21:47Z
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