Album: The Very Best of Percy Sledge by Percy Sledge (1998)
Format: Compilation

Artist Background: Percy Sledge (born November 25, 1941, Leighton, Alabama) is an American R&B and soul performer who recorded the hit "When a Man Loves a Woman" in 1966. Percy Sledge worked in a series of blue-collar jobs in the fields in Leighton, Alabama before taking a job as an orderly at Colbert County Hospital in Sheffield, Alabama. Through the mid 1960s, he toured the Southeast with the Esquires Combo on weekends, while working at the hospital during the week. A former patient and mutual friend of Sledg... Part of the Alabama, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1960s era. Associated with R&B movement. Known for Urban/R&B style.

Related Artists: Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Ben E. King, The Drifters

Music Scene: Part of the Alabama, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1960s era. Associated with R&B movement. Known for Urban/R&B style.

Tags: 1990s, Compilation


The Very Best of Percy Sledge

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