Percy Sledge

Percy Sledge

684.0K listeners3.8M plays

About Percy Sledge

Percy Sledge (born 25 November 1940 in Leighton, Alabama; died 14 April 2015 in Baton Rouge) was an American R&B and soul performer who most notably recorded the single "When a Man Loves a Woman" in 1966, an international top 40 hit that the RIAA has certified as gold. Having achieved his best successes in the mid-to-late 60s and early 70s with a series of emotional soul songs, in his later years he received the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's Career Achievement Award and was inducted in 2005 into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Top Tracks

1

When A Man Loves A Woman

2.2M plays
2

You Really Got a Hold on Me

186.3K plays
3

The Dark End of the Street

96.5K plays
4

Take Time To Know Her

83.0K plays
5

Warm And Tender Love

80.8K plays
6

My Special Prayer

76.5K plays
7

Dark End Of The Street

65.6K plays
8

It Tears Me Up

44.8K plays
9

Cover Me

37.2K plays
10

Christmas Wish (aka My Christmas Wish for You)

21.1K plays

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