Percy Sledge, Who Sang ‘When a Man Loves a Woman,’ Dies at 74

[In_The_Wind]

By JOE COSCARELLI
APRIL 14, 2015

Percy Sledge, the R&B singer whose soulful ballad of eternal love and rejection, “When a Man Loves a Woman,” topped the charts in 1966, died on Tuesday in Baton Rouge, La. He was 74.

His death was confirmed by Artists International Management, which represented him. Mr. Sledge had liver cancer, for which he underwent surgery in 2014, Mark Lyman, his agent and manager, said.

Mr. Sledge, sometimes called the King of Slow Soul, was a sentimental crooner and one of the South’s first soul stars, having risen to fame from jobs picking cotton and working as a hospital orderly while performing at colleges and clubs on the weekends.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/15/arts/music/percy-sledge-who-sang-when-a-man-loves-a-woman-dies-at-74.html?_r=0

[Jetboy]

1. Great song, great story.

RIP Percy Sledge.

[Aristus]

2. Cross gently, sir.

And thank you for such a great song...

[KMOD]

3. I stumbled across one of my mom's Percy Sledge albums, when I was like 7 or 8 years old.

I like this one a lot at the time.

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[In_The_Wind]

5. We danced the stroll to Percey's What Am I Living For.

[KMOD]

6. I love that!

I'm off to iTunes to buy it.

[Art_from_Ark]

4. Damn

[OriginalGeek]

7. lol, i guess I gotta work on thread titles

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018750131

[In_The_Wind]

8. whoops

I drove 300 miles yesterday. Sorry. By the time I ate a bit of supper and watched the news I was doing good to read my own threads, I swear I did look first. My eyes are getting old

[OriginalGeek]

9. lol, I was just teasing

And Percy should have 20 threads!