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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.
Percy Sledge: 74: April 14, 2015: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. Liver cancer [40] Billy Ray Hearn Record producer and co-founder of Myrrh Records and Sparrow Records: 85: April 15, 2015: Heart disease Johnny Kemp: 55: April 16, 2015: Montego Bay, Jamaica: Hit and fall from ship [41] Wally Lester The Skyliners: 73: April 21, 2015: Southport ...
Walden signed more musicians, including Percy Sledge, Johnnie Taylor, Clarence Carter and Eddie Floyd, and together with Redding, they founded two production companies. "Jotis Records" (derived from J oe Galkin and Otis ) released four recordings, two by Arthur Conley and one by Billy Young and Loretta Williams.
Dewey "Spooner" Lindon Oldham Jr. (born June 14, 1943) [1] [2] is an American songwriter and session musician.An organist, he recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, at FAME Studios as part of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section on such hit R&B songs as Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman", Wilson Pickett's "Mustang Sally", and Aretha Franklin's "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)".
Blue Night is an album by the American musician singer Percy Sledge, released in 1994. [3] [4] Sledge considered it his first album since the early 1970s. [5] The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Contemporary Blues Album". [6]
At the time of her death, O’Connor’s estate was worth £1.7 million but reduced to £ 1.4 million ($ 1.75 million) after debts, legal fees, and funeral costs.
Sledge did record it in February 1970, but Atlantic did not issue his version in the United States at the time. Barry recalled, "In those days, the lyrics were almost pretty well done on the spot. I don't remember the fundamentals on how the lyrics were formed, except that we were writing about a guy on death row. That was it." Robin adds:
John Sykes, a veteran hard-rock guitarist who was a member of Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy and the Tygers of Pan Tang, has died, according to a post on his official Facebook page. He had battled cancer ...