(ThyBlackMan.com) Few voices in soul music history have captured the raw complexities of love and heartache quite like Percy Sledge. With a vocal style rooted in gospel tradition and delivered with ...
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 ...