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Percy Sledge was an American male musician whose career began in 1960. He is associated with the soul, rhythm and blues, and blues genres. His musical output has been tagged with descriptors including 60s and oldies. Sledge passed away in April 2015.
His work is included in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame collection. Open Library lists him as the author of one work, titled Roots of Rhythm. Crossref records five works attributed to him.
Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Born
- Percy Tyrone Sledge , ( 1940-11-25 ) November 25, 1940, Leighton, Alabama , U.S.
- Died
- April 14, 2015 (2015-04-14) (aged 74), Baton Rouge, Louisiana , U.S.
- Genres
- R&B , soul , traditional pop
- Instrument
- Vocals
- Years active
- 1960–2014
- Labels
- Atlantic , Capricorn , Monument , Pointblank , Diablo Records, Sledgehammer Records, Virgin
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Percy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Leighton
- Place of death
- Baton Rouge
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Baptists
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Capricorn Records
- Official website
- psledge.com
- Image
- Percy Sledge 1974 touring.jpg
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- Commons category
- Percy Sledge
- date of birth
- 1940-11-25
- cause of death
- liver cancer
- date of death
- 2015-04-15
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
After working as a hospital orderly in the early 1960s, Sledge achieved his greatest success in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a series of emotional soul songs. In 1989, Sledge received the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's Pioneer Award. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Percy Sledge” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.