Percy Sledge

Person / 1940 - 2015 / United States

soul

Biography

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 was awarded a million-selling, gold-certified disc from the RIAA.

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Analysed songs (2)

Baby, Baby, Baby

Percy Sledge

A soul lament built on a simple 12-bar-blues frame, this song catalogs a man's sleepless devastation after being betrayed by a…

betrayal and infidelity insomnia as emotional symptom obsessive devotion

When a Man Loves a Woman (Rerecorded)

Percy Sledge

A soul ballad that describes, almost clinically, the self-destructive logic of male devotion: a man surrenders judgment, money,…

obsessive devotion self-deception in love sacrifice and loss of self