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Percy Sledge

1941 - 2015

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Percy Tyrone Sledge (November 25, 1940 – April 14, 2015) was an American R&B, soul and gospel singer. He is best known for the song "When a Man Loves a Woman", a No. 1 hit on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B singles charts in 1966. It was awarded a million-selling, gold-certified disc from the RIAA. After working as a hospital orderly in the early 1960s, Sledge achieved his greatest success in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a series of emotional soul songs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Percy Sledge is the 710th most popular singer (down from 646th in 2019), the 4,237th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,456th in 2019) and the 219th most popular American Singer.

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Among singers, Percy Sledge ranks 710 out of 4,381. Before him are Carola Häggkvist, Marianna Martines, Marta Kubišová, Ed Sheeran, Frankie Valli, and Nino Ferrer. After him are Cassie Ventura, Fyodor Stravinsky, Dave Matthews, Lisa Della Casa, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Bobby Kimball.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Percy Sledge ranks 253. Before him are Sean Flynn, Robert Guéï, Chubby Checker, Mario Corso, Leonid Kizim, and Angelo Domenghini. After him are Patricio Guzmán, Eugène Terre'Blanche, Alfred Aho, Cristina Peri Rossi, Boris Vallejo, and Sonny Landham. Among people deceased in 2015, Percy Sledge ranks 164. Before him are Jeralean Talley, Nicholas Liverpool, Giovanni Canestri, Wim Ruska, Nek Chand, and Erik De Vlaeminck. After him are Adrian Frutiger, Clifford Edmund Bosworth, Dragan Holcer, Ian Murdock, Giacomo Biffi, and E. L. Doctorow.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Percy Sledge ranks 4,237 out of 20,380. Before him are John W. McCormack (1891), Damien Chazelle (1985), Ralph Boston (1939), Ross Perot (1930), Joe Walsh (1947), and Scott Walker (1943). After him are Patricia McPherson (1954), Scott Bakula (1954), Sarah Clarke (1972), Diane Venora (1952), Willa Cather (1873), and Cassie Ventura (1986).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Percy Sledge ranks 219. Before him are Carl Wilson (1946), Howie Dorough (1973), Q-Tip (1970), Aaliyah (1979), Chubby Checker (1941), and Frankie Valli (1934). After him are Cassie Ventura (1986), Bobby Kimball (1947), Chuck Billy (1962), Lee Hazlewood (1929), Kevin Federline (1978), and Pink (1979).

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