Artist:Percy Sledge
Song:When A Man Loves A Woman
Album:Pure Gold:1960's #1 R & B Hits
Leighton, Alabama born singer Percy Sledge is considered one of the pioneers of country soul. When A Man Loves A Woman was his biggest hit and he sings all his songs with that type of emotion. He started out with the vocal group The Esquires Combo. Local disc jockey Quin Ivy convinced Sledge to go solo. When A Man Loves A Woman was written by a couple of Sledge's bandmates in the Esquires. Ivy took Sledge to Muscle Shoals, Alabama to work with guitarist Marlin Greene, organist Spooner Oldham & drummer Roger Hawkins and this song gave birth to the Muscle Shoals Sound. The recent hit cover of When A Man Loves A Woman by Michael Bolton doesn't hold a candle to the original. There are Percy Sledge comps available but this is the kind of song you might want to get on a various artists comp. This budget comp doesn't seem to be available anymore. You might want to try a Rhino budget comp called Express Yourself:The Best Of Soul but you want to stay away from cheapo labels like K-Tel & Madacy because they don't usually use original versions. Percy Sledge is still around and released the CD Shining Through The Rain on Varese Sarabande Records in 2004. Here's a nice video of Percy Sledge's version of When A Man Loves A Woman.
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