Percy Sledge
USA
Born: 25 November 1941
Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: R&B
Styles: Soul, R&B/Soul, Country Soul, Southern Soul, Deep Soul
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Percy Sledge will forever be associated with "When a Man Loves a Woman," a pleading, soulful ballad he sang with wrenching, convincing anguish and passion. Sledge sang all of his songs that way, delivering them in a powerful rush where he quickly changed from soulful belting to quavering, tearful pleas. It was a voice that made him one of the key figures of deep Southern soul during the late '60s. Sledge recorded at Muscle Shoals studios in Alabama, where he frequently sang songs written by Spooner Oldham and Dan Penn. Not only did he sing deep...
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