Motown Archives - Consciousness.co.za Magazine https://consciousness.co.za/tag/motown/ Arts and African History Sun, 19 Apr 2015 16:37:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Percy Sledge Biography https://consciousness.co.za/percy-sledge-biography/ https://consciousness.co.za/percy-sledge-biography/#respond Sun, 19 Apr 2015 09:37:20 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=9541 Source: biography.com Soul singer Percy Sledge recorded the 1966 hit “When a Man Loves a Woman.” Synopsis Born in Leighton, Alabama on November 25, 1940, Southern soul star Percy Sledge started out performing with the Esquires Combo. In the mid-1960s, he decided to launch his solo career, and thus Sledge scored his only No. 1 [...]

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