(Leighton, Alabama, 25 de noviembre de 1941- Baton Rouge, Luisiana, 14 de abril de 2015)

1. Percy Sledge poses for a
publicity portrait at the
start of his career in the
mid-sixties.
Photograph: Everett/ Rex

2. Percy Sledge, American icon of soul and R & B, known for his successful
version of the classic Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright When a Man Loves a
Woman, died at age 74 in Louisiana, United States.
Percy Sledge was born in Alabama, United States when he was very
young had worked in the fields in Leighton before after that he worked
as a laborer in Colbert County Hospital in Sheffield. In the mid-1960s,
Sledge But once I agreed to go on weekends trip to Southeast with the
Esquires Combo band and work in the hospital during the week. A
former patient who was a friend of producer Quin Ivy introduced them
both, she auditioned and then Sledge was signed to a recording
contract.

3. Sledge, fellow singer Jimmy Hughes and Sledge’s producer Quin Ivy meet Redwal music founders Phil
Walden and Alan Walden in Macon, Georgia, 1966
Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

4. A publicity portrait of Percy Sledge
at the height of his fame in New
York, 1966.
Photograph: Michael Ochs
Archives/Getty Images

5. Don Covay, Atlantic records
founder Ahmet Ertegun,
Anita Wexler, daughter of
Jerry Wexler, Otis Redding,
and Percy Sledge at Atlantic
Records party in 1966
Photograph: Charlie Gillett
Collection/Redferns/ Getty
Images

6. Courtesy of Alabama Music Hall of Fame
Leighton native Percy Sledge in an early photo.
One of his biggest hits, "When A Man Loves A
Woman," recorded in Muscle Shoals, was a
nationwide hit.

7. A portrait of Percy Sledge in the mid-1970s
Photograph: Echoes/Redferns/ Getty Images

8. Sledge performing on tour in 1974

10. Photo by Matt McKean
Early disc of one of Leighton native Percy Sledge's biggest hits, "When A Man Loves A Woman." Recorded in Muscle Shoals, the song became a nationwide hit.

13. A print advertisement for one of Sledge’s 1968 hit
Take Time to Know Her.
Photograph: Granamour Weems Collection
/Alamy

14. Percy Sledge performs a duet with Michael
Bolton during the former’s television special
This is Michael Bolton in 1992. Bolton scored
a number one hit with Sledge’s When a Man
Loves a Woman in 1991.
Photograph: Paul Natkin/Getty Images

15. Percy Sledge with his wife Rosa Sledge

16. Photo by Jim Hannon.
Percy Sledge performs during a Handy Music Blast concert at the Alabama Music Hall of Fame.

17. Percy Sledge playing pool at home in 1995.
Photograph: Thomas S England/ Time Life
/Getty Images

18. Photo by Daniel Giles
Percy Sledge at the Alabama Music Hall of
Fame, prior to the Saturday Night at the
Oldies concert in 1998.

19. Percy Sledge appears onstage
at the 20th Annual Rock And
Roll Hall Of Fame Induction
Ceremony in New York, 2005.
Photograph: Scott Gries/Getty
Images

20. Julie Jacobson/Associated Press
Percy Sledge accepts his award during the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony March
14, 2005 in New York.

21. Quin Ivy and Percy Sledge stand across
the street from the studio building where
the hit song “When a Man Loves a
Woman” was recorded. A marker
honoring Sledge and Ivy was unveiled last
year at the Second Street, Sheffield,
location. Jim Hannon/TimesDaily

22. Percy Sledge performs on stage during music festival Jazz an der Donau in Straubing, Germany, 2008
Photograph: dpa /Alamy

23. Photo by Jim Hannon
Recording artist Percy Sledge checks out an
audio room at Noiseblock Studio in Florence
where he was working with local musicians
on a new album of songs in 2011.

25. Photo by Allison Carter
Percy Sledge performs in 2013 at An Evening
with the Legendary Percy Sledge and Friends
in Florence. Sledge performed songs from
his new album "The Gospel of Percy Sledge."
In addition to Sledge's performance Travis
Wammack and the Snake Man Band, Aaron
Wilburn and William Lee Golden performed.

26. Photo by Allison Carter
Tina Caruso, left, smiles as Percy Sledge signs a poster for her in 2013. Sledge was in Florence to perform at An Evening with the Legendary Percy Sledge and
Friends. Sledge performed songs from his new album "The Gospel of Percy Sledge." In addition to Sledge's performance Travis Wammack and the Snake Man
Band, Aaron Wilburn and William Lee Golden performed.

27. Photo by Daniel Giles