PERCY SLEDGE – WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN LP – Nr MINT A1/B1 UK SOUL

Percy Sledge – When A Man Loves A Woman
(Atlantic Records  1970  2464002)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition condition
– laminate starting to lift along spine edge

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are a few surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

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.

Having previously worked as a hospital orderly in the early 1960s, Sledge achieved his strongest success in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a series of emotional soul songs. In later years, Sledge received the Rhythm and Blues Foundation’s Career Achievement Award. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.

When A Man Loves A Woman is an album by Soul artist Percy Sledge released on the Atlantic Records label in 1970.

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