BATON ROUGE, LA -- Percy Sledge, who soared from part-time singer and hospital orderly to lasting fame with his aching, forlorn performance on the classic "When a Man Loves a Woman," died Tuesday in ...

Leighton native and Muscle Shoals music icon Percy Sledge, whose powerful driving voice is most associated with the No. 1 hit, “When A Man Loves A Woman,” died Tuesday at his home in Baton Rouge.

THE REASONS: Mortifying car rides with parents. The Talk—the one that usually begins, “When a man loves a woman very, very much… “—is standard middle-school fare. Call it the ultimate take-home ...

NEW ORLEANS — Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman," a desperate, soulful ode to the lengths a man will go to for the woman he loves, was his only big hit, but it had staying power. When he ...

Percy Sledge, out of Leighton, Alabama, sang the soul classic "When a Man Loves a Woman" for Atlantic Records in 1966, and had continued to perform his biggest hit on gigs in the U.S. and Europe. The ...

Percy Sledge, the star who was well known for his number one single When a Man Loves a Woman, passed away at his home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana after a long battle against cancer. Dr William Clark, ...

Percy Sledge, who soared from part-time singer and hospital orderly to lasting fame with his aching, forlorn performance on the classic "When a Man Loves a Woman," died Tuesday in Louisiana. He was 74 ...

Soul icon Percy Sledge has died at the age of 73. The star, who was well known for his number one single When a Man Loves a Woman, passed away at his home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, according to his ...