Percy Sledge Biography
Percy Tyrone Sledge was an American R&B, soul and gospel vocalist. He is best known for the melody “When a Man Loves a Woman”, a No. 1 hit on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B singles graphs in 1966. It was granted a million-selling, Gold-ensured plate from the RIAA.
Having recently functioned as a medical clinic efficient in the mid-1960s. Sledge made his most grounded progress in the late 1960s and mid-1970s with a progression of passionate soul melodies. In later years, Sledge got the Rhythm and Blues Foundation’s Career Achievement Award. He was accepted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.
Percy Sledge Age
He was born on November 25, 1941, in Leighton, Alabama, U.S.
Percy Sledge Family
His family result is under review.
Percy Sledge Education
His education result is under review.
Percy Sledge Spouse
Sledge married twice and was survived by his second wife, Rosa Sledge, whom he married in 1980.
Percy Sledge Children
He had 12 children, three of whom became singers.
Percy Sledge Nationality
His nationality is American.
Percy Sledge Net Worth
Sledge has a net worth of $10 million dollars.
Percy Sledge Career
He worked in a progression of farming employments in the fields in Leighton, before accepting a vocation as an organized at Colbert County Hospital in Sheffield, Alabama. Through the mid-1960s, he visited the Southeast with the Esquires Combo on weekends, while working at the medical clinic during the week.
A previous patient and shared companion of Sledge and record maker Quin Ivy presented the two. A tryout pursued, and Sledge was marked to a chronicle contract. Sledge’s heartfelt voice was ideal for the arrangement of soul songs created by Ivy and Marlin Greene, which shake pundit Dave Marsh called “enthusiastic works of art for sentimental people everything being equal”. “At the point when a Man Loves a Woman” was Sledge’s first melody recorded under the agreement and was discharged on March 1966.
According to Sledge, the motivation for the tune came when his better half left him for a displaying vocation after he was laid off from a development work in late 1965, and, on the grounds that bassist Calvin Lewis and organist Andrew Wright helped him with the tune, he gave all the songwriting credits to them. It came to No. 1 in the US and proceeded to turn into a global hit. At the point when a Man Loves a Woman” was a hit twice in the UK, coming to No. 4 out of 1966 and, on the reissue, topped at No. 2 out of 1987.
The melody was likewise the principal gold record discharged by Atlantic Records. The spirit song of praise turned into the foundation of Sledge’s vocation, and was trailed by “Warm and Tender Love” (secured by British vocalist Elkie Brooks in 1981), “It Tears Me Up”, “Take Some effort to Know Her” (his second greatest US hit, coming to No. 11; the melody’s verse was composed by Steve Davis), “Adore Me Tender”, and “Spread Me”.
Sledge diagrammed with “I’ll Be Your Everything” and “Daylight” during the 1970s, and turned into a global show most loved all through the world, particularly in the Netherlands, Germany, and on the African mainland; he found the middle value of 100 shows per year in South Africa.
Sledge’s vocation delighted in a renaissance during the 1980s “When a Man Loves a Woman” returned the UK Singles Chart, cresting at No. 2 behind the reissued Ben E. Lord great “Remain by Me”, in the wake of being utilized in Levi’s commercial. In the mid-1990s, Michael Bolton presented to “When a Man Loves a Woman” once again into the spotlight again on his hit collection Time, Love, and Tenderness.
On the seven day stretch of November 17 to November 23, 1991, Bolton’s form additionally hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles graph, precisely 25½ years to the week after Percy’s did in 1966. In 1994, Saul Davis and Barry Goldberg created Sledge’s collection, Blue Night, for Philippe Le Bras’ Sky Ranch mark and Virgin Records. It highlighted Bobby Womack, Steve Cropper, and Mick Taylor among others. Blue Night got a Grammy selection for Best Contemporary Blues Album, Vocal or Instrumental, and in 1996 it won the W.C. Helpful Award for best soul or blues collection.
In 2004, Davis and Goldberg additionally delivered the Shining Through the Rain collection, which went before his acceptance into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Tunes on the CD were composed by Mikael Rickfors, Steve Earle, the Bee Gees, Carla Olson, Denny Freeman, Allan Clarke and Jackie Lomax. That year Percy recorded a live collection with his band Sunset Drive entitled Percy Sledge and Sunset Drive – Live in Virginia on WRM Records created by Warren Rodgers.
In May 2007, Percy was accepted into The Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame in his home city of Baton Rouge, LA.
In December 2010, Rhino Handmade issued a four-CD review, The Atlantic Recordings, which covers the majority of the issued Atlantic experts, just as a significant number of the tracks unissued in the United States (albeit some were essentially the mono forms of tunes initially issued in surround sound; Disk 1 includes Sledge’s initial two LPs which were not recorded on stereo gear). In 2011 Sledge visited with Sir Cliff Richard during his Soulicious visit, performing “I’m Your Puppet”.
Percy Sledge Death
Sledge died of liver cancer at his home in Baton Rouge on April 14, 2015, at the age of 73. His interment was in Baton Rouge’s Heavenly Gates Cemetery.
Percy Sledge Accolades
-An inaugural Rhythm and Blues Foundation Pioneer Award honoree in 1989.
-Inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 1993.
-The recipient of the Blues Music Award in 1996 for best Soul/Blues album of the year with his record Blue Night.
-Inducted into the Carolina Beach Music Hall Of Fame on November 2004.
-Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.
-Inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame for his contributions by the State of Louisiana on May 2007.
-Inducted into the Delta Music Museum in Ferriday, Louisiana.
Percy Sledge Discography
-1966 When a Man Loves a Woman Atlantic 8125
-1966 Warm & Tender Soul Atlantic 8132
-1967 The Percy Sledge Way Atlantic 8146
-1968 Take Time to Know Her Atlantic 8180
-1968 The Best of Percy Sledge Atlantic 8210
-1970 Percy Sledge In South Africa Atlantic ATC 9257
-1974 I’ll Be Your Everything Capricorn CP 0147
-1994 Blue Night Sky Ranch Records/Virgin
-2004 Shining Through the Rain Varèse Sarabande
-2013 The Gospel of Percy Sledge Elevate
-1966 “When a Man Loves a Woman”
-“Warm and Tender Love”
-“It Tears Me Up”
-1967 “Baby, Help Me”
-“Out of Left Field”
-“Love Me Tender”
-“What Am I Living For”
-“Just Out of Reach (of My Two Empty Arms)”
-“Cover Me”
-1968 “Take Time to Know Her”
-“Sudden Stop”
-“You’re All Around Me” 109
-1969 “My Special Prayer”
-“Any Day Now” (A-Side)
– “The Angels Listened In”
-“Kind Woman”
-“True Love Travels on a Gravel Road”
-1970 “Many Rivers to Cross”
-1970 “Help Me Make It Through the Night”
-1971 “Stop the World Tonight”
-1972 “Rainbow Road”
-“Sunday Brother”
-1973 “Sunshine”
-1974 “I’ll Be Your Everything”
-1987 “When a Man Loves a Woman”
-1994 “I Wish It Would Rain” (Sky Ranch / Virgin, Sweden) duet with Mikael Rickfors produced by Saul Davis & Barry Goldberg
-1994 “You Got Away with Love” (Pat Robinson & Rocky Burnette) / “Why Did You Stop?” (Carla Olson) (Sky Ranch / Virgin, France) produced by Saul Davis & Barry Goldberg
February 1987 When a Man Loves a Woman (The Ultimate Collection)