Percy Sledge, singer of “When a Man Loves a Woman,” the 1966 No. 1 hit that became a soul-music classic, was remembered Tuesday as a kind and charismatic man who lit up rooms and concert stages with ...

Leighton native and Muscle Shoals music icon Percy Sledge, whose powerful driving voice is most associated with the No. 1 hit, “When A Man Loves A Woman,” died Tuesday at his home in Baton Rouge.

Percy Sledge, who soared from part-time singer and hospital orderly to lasting fame with his aching, forlorn performance on the classic "When a Man Loves a Woman," died Tuesday in Louisiana. He was 74 ...

Percy Sedge's iconic ballad was tracked at Sheffield's Norala Sound Studio. Mourners and music fans have gathered at a church in Baker, Louisiana, for the funeral of Percy Sledge, the rhythm and blues ...

*Soul legend Percy Sledge, best known for his classic ballad “When a Man Loves a Woman,” died Tuesday in Louisiana. He was 74. Dr. William “Beau” Clark, coroner for East Baton Rouge Parish, confirmed ...

Music folklore has it that Percy Sledge was a lovelorn wreck when he got the chance to record a song with Atlantic Records. Sledge, who died of liver cancer Wednesday aged 74, was apparently ...

Executive director David Johnson says the show will also include Eddie Levert of the O'Jays, Mac Davis, Jamey Johnson, the Atlanta Rhythm Section and songwriter Mac McAnally. Sledge is from Leighton.

BATON ROUGE, LA -- Percy Sledge, who soared from part-time singer and hospital orderly to lasting fame with his aching, forlorn performance on the classic "When a Man Loves a Woman," died Tuesday in ...

NEW ORLEANS – Percy Sledge, who soared from part-time singer and hospital orderly to lasting fame with his aching, forlorn performance on the classic “When a Man Loves a Woman,” died Tuesday in ...