Warm And Tender: Percy Sledge, Of ‘When A Man Loves A Woman'

Warm And Tender: Percy Sledge, Of ‘When A Man Loves A Woman'

Percy Sledge will forever be most closely associated with his biggest hit, the emotive “When A Man Loves A Woman,” which topped the US pop chart on May 28, 1966. But his death at the age of 74, in 2015, robbed us of an Alabama soul man who recorded a host of other great material in a career of 50 years-plus. Sledge later revealed that he composed his signature song himself, but gave the writing credits to two bandmates from the Esquires, Calvin …