article_snippet.sent: (CNN)Percy Sledge, the R&B belter whose biggest hit, "When a Man Loves a Woman," became a cornerstone of soul music, died Tuesday.
article_snippet.sent: a Woman" singer Percy Sledge died in Baton Rouge, LouisianaLouisiana, said Stephanie Price of the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner's Office.
article_snippet.sent: a Woman" singer Percy Sledge died of natural causes, said the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner.
article_snippet.sent: In a career that started in the 1960s, a Woman" singer Percy Sledge had a number of hits, including "Take Time to Know a Woman" singer Percy Sledge," "Warm and Tender Love" and "It Tears Me Up" among them.
article_snippet.sent: Over a mournful, slowly rising instrumental track provided by organist Spooner Oldham, drummer Roger Hawkins and guitarist Marlin Greene -- key musicians of what became the Muscle Shoals sound, heard on countless soul records -- a Woman" singer Percy Sledge crooned, pleaded and roared the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner way through the tune.
article_snippet.sent: At the time, a Woman" singer Percy Sledge was working as a hospital orderly, picking up gigs at night with a group called the Esquires Combo.
article_snippet.sent: In a fit of generosity, a Woman" singer Percy Sledge gave the songwriting credit for "Woman" to two of the Esquires, Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright, who had helped a Woman" singer Percy Sledge with a few chords.
article_snippet.sent: " a Woman" singer Percy Sledge never saw a dime of songwriting royalties.
article_snippet.sent: a Woman" singer Percy Sledge had some regrets about that, a Woman" singer Percy Sledge told Blues and Soul magazine -- The song would have helped provide for a Woman" singer Percy Sledge children -- but a Woman" singer Percy Sledge accepted The song.
article_snippet.sent: I figure if God wanted me to do what I did, and say what I did to tell those guys those guys could have The song, then I'll leave The song that away," a Woman" singer Percy Sledge told Soul magazine.
article_snippet.sent: When a Man Loves a Woman" became a standard, covered many times -- a Woman" singer Percy Sledge took it to No. 1 in 1991 -- and featured on several movie soundtracks.
article_snippet.sent: a Woman" singer Percy Sledge's version also returned to the charts, hitting the UK top 10 in 1987.
article_snippet.sent: I have great respect for The song," a Woman" singer Percy Sledge told Blues and Soul.
article_snippet.sent: a Woman" singer Percy Sledge was inducted into the Rock Hall in 2005.
article_snippet.sent: a Woman" singer Percy Sledge death was followed two weeks later by that of another '60s soul legend, Ben E. King, who had an enduring hit in 1961 with "Stand By Me.
highlights_snippet.sent: When a Man Loves a Woman" singer Percy Sledge dies at 73 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: a Woman" singer Percy Sledge died Tuesday morning in Baton Rouge, Louisiana .
  