Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  (CNN) I mate a Percy Sledge, te kaiwaiata R&B, ko tana hit nui rawa atu, "When a Man Loves a Woman", i noho hei kokonga o te waiata wairua, i te Turei. E 73 ōna tau. I mate a Sledge ki Baton Rouge, Louisiana, e ai ki a Stephanie Price o te Tari Kaitiaki o te Parani o East Baton Rouge. I mate a Sledge i ngā take tūturu, e ai ki te Kaitiaki o te Parakihi o East Baton Rouge, ki a Tākuta William Clark. I noho ia ki te whare manaaki mō te mate pukupuku, i tāpiri a Clark. I roto i te mahi i tiimata i nga tau 1960, he maha nga hit a Sledge, tae atu ki te "Whakaaro ki te mohio ki a ia", "Warm and Tender Love" me "It Tears Me Up" i waenga i a raatau. Engari ko tana hit tuatahi, nui rawa atu, "When a Man Loves a Woman", i runga ake i a ratou katoa. I runga i te tangi, i te tere haere o te waiata whakatangitangi i whakaratohia e te kaitākaro hākinakina a Spooner Oldham, te kaitākaro pūoro a Roger Hawkins me te kaitākaro kita a Marlin Greene - he kaiwaiata matua o te mea i riro ko te tangi o Muscle Shoals, i rangona i runga i ngā pūkete wairua maha - I waiata a Sledge, i inoi, i hamama hoki i roto i te waiata. I puta mai i te ngakau: I te tuatahi ko "He aha koe i waiho ai i ahau, Baby", i tuhia e ia mo tetahi hoa wahine o mua, i ahu mai i tetahi waiata i waiata ai ia ki a ia ano i a ia e tamariki ana. "I waiata au i te reira i toku ora katoa, ahakoa i te wa e kohikohi ana au i te miro i roto i nga mara", te kaiwaiata i whanau mai i Alabama i korero ki te Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I taua wā, e mahi ana a Sledge hei kaitiaki hōhipera, e tiki ana i ngā mahi i te pō ki tētahi rōpū e kiia nei ko te Esquires Combo. I roto i te nui o te atawhai, i hoatu e ia te whakawhirinaki ki te tuhi waiata mo "Woman" ki te tokorua o nga Esquires, Calvin Lewis me Andrew Wright, nana nei i awhina i a ia ki etahi kupu. I tuhia te waiata i te Hui-tanguru 17, 1966, i Sheffield, Alabama. I tangohia e Atlantic Records ka hiahia ki te mahi ano i nga haona iti-kore, engari ko te putanga taketake i mutu ka tukuna. I eke ki te Nama 1 i te Mei 28, 1966. "Kua tae te wairua tonga ki te kaupapa o te pop i roto i te ahua o te waiata tino hanga-ake", ka tuhituhi te kaituhi o te waiata a Peter Guralnick. I kīia e te kaiwhakanao a Jerry Wexler he "waiata aroha tapu". Kāore a Sledge i kite i te moni o ngā rerenga waiata. He mihi ki a ia mō...
Kua mate te kaiwaiata o "When a Man Loves a Woman" a Percy Sledge i te 73 o ona tau. I mate a Sledge i te ata o te Turei i Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Ko te "When a Man Loves a Woman" te kokonga o te waiata wairua, he nui te hurihanga, he nui hoki te whakatangi.