Percy Sledge died

BAKER, La. (AP) — Mourners and music fans have been gathering at a church in Baker, Louisiana, for the funeral of Percy Sledge, the rhythm and blues singer best known for the 1966 hit “When a Man Loves a Woman.” Sledge died last week at age 74 after a battle with liver cancer. Tuesday’s funeral […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Percy Sledge, who recorded the classic 1966 soul ballad “When a Man Loves a Woman,” has died. He was 74. East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana Coroner Dr. William “Beau” Clark confirmed to The Associated Press that Sledge died early Tuesday morning. Sledge’s first recording took him from hospital orderly to […]