The tune was actually inspired by a painful breakup.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BATON ROUGE, La. (WGNO) – Soul singer Percy ...

MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. -- 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 ...

Music folklore has it that Percy Sledge was a lovelorn wreck when he got the chance to record a song with Atlantic Records. Sledge, who died of liver cancer Wednesday aged 74, was apparently ...

Percy Sledge, the voice behind R&B classic “When a Man Loves a Woman” and other hits, has died at his Baton Rouge, LA home, reports Billboard. He was 73: During the mid-sixties, Sledge worked as a ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — 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 ...

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. He was 74 ...

During the mid-sixties, Sledge worked as a hospital nurse while touring to get his music career off the ground. By Joe Lynch, Billboard Percy Sledge - H 2015 Percy Sledge, the R&B powerhouse who ...