Percy Sledge Lyrics Follow
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.
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 Rhythm and Blues Foundation's Career Achievement Award. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.
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Albums
My Special Prayer
Love Me Tender / What Am I Living For Single
The Percy Sledge Way
Warm & Tender Soul
Popular Songs
- You Really Got a Hold on Me
- You're All Around Me
- Keep Your Arms Around Me
- Kind Woman
- Let It Be Me
- Many Rivers to Cross
- Set Me Free
- Cotton Mill Man
- Push Mr. Pride Aside
- Love's Where Life Begins
- I've Gotta Get a Message to You
- Any Day Now
- Baby Baby Baby
- Blow Out of the Sun
- So Much Love
- Oh How Happy
- Try a Little Tenderness
- Heart of a Child
- I Stand Accused
- A Sweet Woman Like You
- It Tears Me Up
- You've Really Got a Hold on Me
- That's How Strong My Love Is
- I'm Hanging Up My Heart for You
- You Don't Miss Your Water
- Drown in My Own Tears
- Just Out of Reach
- Tell It Like It Is
- My Special Prayer
- I've Been Loving You Too Long
