After a long illness, died in Louisiana soul singer Percy Sledge. The most outstanding of his life was a song «When A Man Loves A Woman».
«When A Man Loves A Woman» was the first single Percy Sledge. He released it in 1966 at the age of 25 years at the famous record label Atlantic, which at that time was not equal to the opening of the new black talent. Black music, which is manufactured by Atlantic and its affiliated studios, successfully resisted British encroachments. In the early 1960s, has signed a contract with Atlantic Solomon Burke, shortly before Percy Sledge – Sonny Bono and Cher, shortly thereafter – Aretha Franklin.
Officially sponsored «When A Man Loves A Woman »were musicians from Alabama Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright, they played in the group Esquires, in which he sang Percy Sledge. The song was born during one of the rehearsals Esquires, later an influential local radio DJ Ivy Queen has agreed to put it on the air, if the authors replace some lines of text to “more positive.” Equally important acquaintance Percy Sledge acquired while working at a local hospital, and Ivy Queen came to him for treatment. Percy Sledge argued that Lewis and Wright wrote «When A Man Loves A Woman», at his request, after he left the girl: a beginner singer she chose modeling career. The singer came to the club and asked to Online blues theme, so that he could improvise. Percy Sledge came up with a text that was called «Why Did You Leave Me Baby», and then changed the name to the group «When A Man Loves A Woman». So authorship hit in terms of Sledge, Group on the Right had to share with him, but at the time of release of the single he recorded with his own all rights to the Lewis and Wright. When we are talking about the issue of the single on Atlantic, legendary producer and inventor of the term “rhythm and blues” Jerry Wexler asked again rewrite the song to be heard better wind.
In April 1966, the song «When A Man Loves A Woman» took first place in the overall chart Billboard, as well as R`n`B-chart. In Britain, the song reached fourth place, but this does not exhaust its success. In 1987, the song reached the second place, when it was re-released in the wake of the success of a commercial jeans Levi`s. And in 1991 it recorded American Michael Bolton: in his interpretation of it is not just the newly reached the top of the charts, and earned the singer Grammy.
More such big hits in the career of Percy Sledge was not. In the wake of the popularity of «When A Man Loves A Woman» fared well in the charts his second single «Warm And Tender Love». In 1967, Percy Sledge recorded his version of the popular songs of Elvis Presley «Love Me Tender». However, in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005, he was accepted, of course, primarily due to the «When A Man Loves A Woman».
Impulse 1960 Percy Sledge enough to successfully toured the world, particularly in Africa. In the 1970s, he used to give in South Africa up to 100 concerts a year. After a surge of interest related to the advertisement Levi`s, and a cover version of Michael Bolton, Virgin attempted to return to the charts Percy Sledge and released his album «Blue Night» (1994), a record which was attended soul singer Bobby Womack and guitarist The Rolling Stones Mick Taylor. The disc was nominated for a Grammy award and Blues Music Award. In the later period of Percy Sledge’s career could be seen on stage as an entertainer, accompanied on a tour of Cliff Richard.
Percy Sledge had 12 children, 2 of whom were singers. He died of liver cancer at a hospital in Baton Rouge.
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