The intense, gospel-influenced voice that propelled "When a Man Loves a Woman," one of popular music's landmark ballads, is now silent. Singer Percy Sledge, 74, died around 12 a.m. Tuesday of natural ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Gospel by its very nature is uniquely powerful in that it is a musical manifestation of worship. And the genre is at the very heart of R&B and soul -- a fact underscored by Sunday's ...

Percy Sledge had plenty of big records, but nothing compared to 1966's "When a Man Loves a Woman," his first single, first hit and lasting legacy. The song stands as the pinnacle of deep Southern soul ...

Percy Sledge, singer of “When a Man Loves a Woman,” the 1966 No. 1 hit that became a soul-music classic, was remembered Tuesday as a kind and charismatic man who lit up rooms and concert stages with ...

Another music great gone too soon. Legendary R&B singer Percy Sledge died on Tuesday, April 14, at age 73 in his Baton Rouge, Louisiana home, his agent confirmed to ABC News. Sledge had been battling ...

The way soul singer Percy Sledge often told the story, his unexpected entry into pop music immortality came out of a Christmas party performance gone south. Sledge, who had been working as a hospital ...

Percy Sledge was remembered for phenomenal talent and extraordinary kindness during a Tuesday funeral service marked by warm reminiscences from fellow musicians, family members and friends he made ...