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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Soul singer Percy Sledge has died, aged 73. The performer was best known for his number one hit 'When a Man Loves a Woman'. Sledge's agent Steve Green told BBC News that he died at his home in Baton ...

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 ...

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 ...

A poster from the Percy Sledge show at Columbia-Greene Community College. Sledge, who died in 2015, was an R&B, soul and gospel singer — one of the many acts the college attracted.

According to a news release, the grant supported the remodeling of seven emergency rooms and new pediatric equipment designed for specialized care.

Percy Tyrone Sledge 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. It ...