Editing Percy Sledge (section)

{{Short description|American R&B, soul and gospel singer (1940–2015)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name             = Percy Sledge
| image            = File:Percy Sledge at the Alabama Music Hall of Fame Concert.jpg
| caption          = Sledge at the 2010 [[Alabama Music Hall of Fame]] Concert
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| birth_name       = Percy Tyrone Sledge
| background       = solo_singer
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1940|11|25|mf=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Leighton, Alabama]], U.S.
| death_date       = {{death date and age|2015|04|14|1940|11|25}}
| death_place      = [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]], U.S.
| years_active     = 1960–2014
| instrument       = [[Singing|Vocals]]
| genre            = [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]], [[Soul music|soul]], [[traditional pop]]
| label            = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]], [[Capricorn Records|Capricorn]], [[Monument Records|Monument]], [[Point Blank Records|Point Blank]], Diablo Records, Sledgehammer Records, [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
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| website          = 
}}

'''Percy Tyrone Sledge''' (November 25, 1940&nbsp;– April 14, 2015) was an American [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]], [[Soul music|soul]] and [[gospel music|gospel]] singer. He is best known for the song "[[When a Man Loves a Woman (song)|When a Man Loves a Woman]]", a No. 1 hit on both the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and R&B singles charts in 1966. It was awarded a million-selling, gold-certified disc from the [[RIAA]].

After working as a hospital orderly in the early 1960s, Sledge achieved his greatest success in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a series of emotional soul songs. In 1989, Sledge received the [[Rhythm and Blues Foundation]]'s Pioneer Award. He was inducted into the [[Rock & Roll Hall of Fame]] in 2005.