Editing Percy Sledge (section)

===Later career===
Sledge's career enjoyed a renaissance in the 1980s during which "When a Man Loves a Woman" re-entered the [[UK Singles Chart]] after being used in a [[Levi's]] [[television advertisement|commercial]], peaking at No. 2 behind the reissued [[Ben E. King]] classic "[[Stand by Me (Ben E. King song)|Stand by Me]]".<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/> On March 23, 1987, Sledge performed "When a Man Loves a Woman" as the musical guest on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' hosted by [[Bill Murray]]. In the early 1990s, [[Michael Bolton]] brought "When a Man Loves a Woman" back into the limelight again on his hit album ''[[Time, Love, & Tenderness]]''. On the week of November 17 to November 23, 1991, Bolton's version also hit No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart, exactly 25½ years to the week after Percy's did in 1966.

In 1994, Saul Davis and [[Barry Goldberg]] produced Sledge's album ''[[Blue Night (Percy Sledge album)|Blue Night]]'' for Philippe Le Bras' Sky Ranch label and [[Virgin Records]]. It featured [[Bobby Womack]], [[Steve Cropper]], and [[Mick Taylor]] among others.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/> ''Blue Night'' received a Grammy nomination for [[Best Contemporary Blues Album]], Vocal or Instrumental, and in 1996 it won the [[Blues Music Award|W.C. Handy Award]] for best soul or blues album.

In 2004, Davis and Goldberg also produced the ''Shining Through the Rain'' album, which preceded his induction into the [[Rock & Roll Hall of Fame]]. Songs on the CD were written by [[Mikael Rickfors]], [[Steve Earle]], the [[Bee Gees]], [[Carla Olson]], [[Denny Freeman]], [[Allan Clarke (singer)|Allan Clarke]] and [[Jackie Lomax]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/shining-through-the-rain-mw0000385173|title=Shining Through the Rain|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=April 14, 2015|author=Campbell, Al}}</ref> The same year, Percy recorded a live album with his band Sunset Drive entitled ''Percy Sledge and Sunset Drive – Live in Virginia'' on WRM Records produced by Warren Rodgers.

In May 2007, Percy was inducted into The [[Louisiana Music Hall of Fame|Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame]] in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge, LA]].

In December 2010, [[Rhino Handmade]] issued a four-CD retrospective, ''The Atlantic Recordings'', which covers all of the issued Atlantic masters, as well as many of the tracks unissued in the United States (although some are simply the mono versions of songs originally issued in stereo; Disc 1 comprises Sledge's first two LPs, which were not recorded on stereo equipment). In 2011 Sledge toured with Sir [[Cliff Richard]] during his Soulicious tour, performing "[[I'm Your Puppet]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/oct/27/cliff-richard-review-soulicious|first=Michael|last=Hann|title=Cliff Richard – review|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=October 27, 2011|access-date=April 14, 2015}}</ref>