Percy Sledge will be playing all of his old hits along with highlights from his new CD, “The Gospel of Percy Sledge,” at his concert, “An Evening with the Legendary Percy Sledge and Friends,” on ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Gospel by its very nature is uniquely powerful in that it is a musical manifestation of worship. And the genre is at the very heart of R&B and soul -- a fact underscored by Sunday's ...

Percy Sledge's most identifiable song is such for a reason: His searing vocal and Spooner Oldham's smoldering organ on "When a Man Loves a Woman" are conflicting forces that produce a majestic build ...

Think how your heart felt when you first heard that misery come pouring out of your hi-fi or transistor radio: This gentle, eternally devoted soul had just been blindsided by his woman, who'd left him ...

Morning Edition's series One-Hit Wonders / Second-Best Songs focuses on musicians or bands whose careers in the United States are defined by a single monster hit, and explains why their catalogs have ...

Percy Sledge, the voice behind the legendary soul track "When A Man Loves a Woman," has died, his representatives at Artists International Management confirmed Tuesday. The coroner in East Baton Rouge ...

Baker, La. – — Percy Sledge was remembered for phenomenal talent and extraordinary kindness during a Tuesday funeral service marked by warm reminiscences from fellow musicians, family members and ...

Percy Sledge, the R&B belter whose biggest hit, “When a Man Loves a Woman,” became a cornerstone of soul music, died Tuesday. He was 73. Sledge died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, said Stephanie Price of ...

Percy Sledge, singer of “When a Man Loves a Woman,” the 1966 No. 1 hit that became a soul-music classic, was remembered Tuesday as a kind and charismatic man who lit up rooms and concert stages with ...

Percy Sledge was remembered for phenomenal talent and extraordinary kindness during a Tuesday funeral service marked by warm reminiscences from fellow musicians, family members and friends he made ...

Percy Sledge, singer of “When a Man Loves a Woman,” the 1966 No. 1 hit that became a soul-music classic, was remembered Tuesday as a kind and charismatic man who lit up rooms and concert stages with ...