Percy Sledge

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Percy Sledge

American singer

Also known as: Percy Tyrone Sledge

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Muscle Shoals Studios
“Land of 1000 Dances”
Percy Sledge launched his career with “When a Man Loves a Woman” (recorded at Quinn Ivy’s studio in Sheffield), and Joe Tex, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, and the Staple Singers were among the many artists who recorded the first Top Ten hits of their careers…
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Percy Sledge launched his career with “When a Man Loves a Woman” (recorded at Quinn Ivy’s studio in Sheffield), and Joe Tex, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, and the Staple Singers were among the many artists who recorded the first Top Ten hits of their careers…
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
List of inductees
Guy, the O’Jays, the Pretenders, Percy Sledge, U2 Frank Barsalona, Seymour Stein 2006 Black Sabbath, Blondie, Miles Davis, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Sex Pistols Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss 2007
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Guy, the O’Jays, the Pretenders, Percy Sledge, U2 Frank Barsalona, Seymour Stein 2006 Black Sabbath, Blondie, Miles Davis, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Sex Pistols Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss 2007
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soul music
Percy Sledge’s supersmooth “When a Man Loves a Woman” (1966), recorded in nearby Sheffield, became the first Southern soul song to reach number one on the pop charts.
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Percy Sledge’s supersmooth “When a Man Loves a Woman” (1966), recorded in nearby Sheffield, became the first Southern soul song to reach number one on the pop charts.
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