SLEDGE, PERCY - WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN 45 RPM ATLANTIC UNPLAYED 1966

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ROCK/HARD ROCK   POP/SURF   R&B/MOTOWN/JUKEBOX SERIES   COUNTRY   BLUES/JAZZ

PERCY SLEDGE

45 RPM

ATLANTIC RECORDS
2326

A-SIDE

WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN

PEAK  # 1  BILLBOARD HOT 100  13  WEEKS ON CHART

B-SIDE

LOVE ME LIKE YOU MEAN IT

CONDITION:  MINT  "UN-PLAYED"

CONDITION:  LABEL  NEAR MINT

CONDITION:  BROWN SLEEVE  NEAR MINT
COMES  with  PLASTIC COVER
ALSO INCLUDES JUKEBOX TITLE STRIP

FORMAT: 7" 45 SINGLE   
ARTIST:  PERCY SLEDGE  
TITLE:  WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN 
                  /  LOVE ME LIKE YOU MEAN IT     
LABEL:  ATLANTIC     
NUMBER:  2326    
LABEL DESCRIPTION:  STOCK COPY
GRADE:  MINT  (New Buy)   "UN-PLAYED"
ADDITIONAL NOTES  ORIGINAL COPY-NOT A REISSUE!!!
ADDITIONAL INFO:   Percy Tyrone Sledge (November 25, 1940 – April 14, 2015) was an American R&B, soul, gospel, and traditional pop 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 was awarded a million-selling, Gold-certified disc from the RIAA.

Having previously worked as a hospital orderly in the early 1960s, Sledge achieved his strongest success in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a series of emotional soul songs. In later years, Sledge received the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's Career Achievement Award. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.

Biography

Early career

Sledge was born on November 25, 1940 in Leighton, Alabama. He worked in a series of agricultural jobs in the fields in Leighton before taking a job as an orderly at Colbert County Hospital in Sheffield, Alabama. Through the mid-1960s, he toured the Southeast with the Esquires Combo on weekends, while working at the hospital during the week. A former patient and mutual friend of Sledge and record producer Quin Ivy introduced the two. An audition followed, and Sledge was signed to a recording contract.

Sledge's soulful voice was perfect for the series of soul ballads produced by Ivy and Marlin Greene, which rock critic Dave Marshcalled "emotional classics for romantics of all ages". "When a Man Loves a Woman" was Sledge's first song recorded under the contract, and was released in March 1966. According to Sledge, the inspiration for the song came when his girlfriend left him for a modelling career after he was laid off from a construction job in late 1965, and, because bassist Calvin Lewis and organist Andrew Wright helped him with the song, he gave all the songwriting credits to them. It reached No. 1 in the US and went on to become an international hit. "When a Man Loves a Woman" was a hit twice in the UK, reaching No. 4 in 1966 and, on reissue, peaked at No. 2 in 1987. The song was also the first gold record released by Atlantic Records. The soul anthem became the cornerstone of Sledge's career, and was followed by "Warm and Tender Love" (covered by British singer Elkie Brooks in 1981), "It Tears Me Up", "Take Time to Know Her" (his second biggest US hit, reaching No. 11; the song's lyric was written by Steve Davis), "Love Me Tender", and "Cover Me".

Sledge charted with "I'll Be Your Everything" and "Sunshine" during the 1970s, and became an international concert favorite throughout the world, especially in the Netherlands, Germany, and on the African continent; he averaged 100 concerts a year in South Africa.

Discography

singles

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