NEW ORLEANS (AP) — 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 ...

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Who: Percy Sledge, 69. What: Singer, balladeer, radio hitmaker. Type of music: R&B, soul, country-soul. Alabama roots: Born Nov. 25, 1941, in ...

Soul balladeer Percy Sledge performs at the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in Tuscumbia, Ala., on July 24, 2004. Sledge, Irish rockers U2, R&B singers The O'Jays, The Pretenders and blues guitarist Buddy ...

Singer Percy Sledge, perhaps best known for his hit "When A Man Loves A Woman," has died, Artists International Management Inc., his talent agency, said. Sledge died of natural causes a little after ...

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 73 ...

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 ...

Percy Sledge, the R&B singer whose soulful ballad of eternal love and fidelity, “When a Man Loves a Woman,” topped the charts in 1966, died Tuesday in Baton Rouge, La. He was 74. His death was ...