Percy Sledge, who soared from part-time singer and hospital orderly to lasting fame with his aching, forlorn performance on the classic “When a Man Loves a Woman,” died Tuesday in Louisiana.

Barry Goldberg, the blues and rock keyboardist, songwriter, and producer who worked with artists from Percy Sledge to the ...

Percy Sledge, Robert Lee Coleman, The Allman Brothers Band, Doc Holliday, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jaimoe, Chuck Leavell, Big Mike and the Booty Papas, Travis Denning, and Jason Aldean.

Photo: Percy Sledge at the Diamond Awards held at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp (Belgium) on December 6, 1986. Be sure to read all our articles on MSN by subscribing to our content. Click on 'follow ...