Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Percy Sledge, who sang ‘When A Man Loves a Woman,’ dies

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 Louisiana. He was 74.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/percy-sledge-who-sang-when-a-man-loves-a-woman-dies/2015/04/14/d0fe2660-e2b8-11e4-ae0f-f8c46aa8c3a4_story.html

Keith Conning:  Percy Sledge was born in Leighton, Alabama on November 25, 1940 and died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on April 14, 2015.  I was born on March 16, 1941 in San Francisco.

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