article_snippet.sent: It came directly from the heart: Originally called "Why Did You Leave Me Baby,
article_snippet.sent: I hummed it all my life, even when I was picking and chopping cotton in the fields," the Alabama-born singer told the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
article_snippet.sent: Southern soul had at last entered the mainstream of pop in the unlikely guise of the ultimate make-out song," music historian Peter Guralnick wrote.
article_snippet.sent: Producer Jerry Wexler called " music historian Peter Guralnick "a holy love hymn.
article_snippet.sent: It was even the title of a 1994 film starring Andy Garcia and Meg Ryan.
article_snippet.sent: Even with his other hits, his said, it all came back to "When a Man Loves a Woman.
article_snippet.sent: " "The granddaddy to all of my songs.
article_snippet.sent: The boss of all of my songsmy songs.
highlights_snippet.sent: When a Man Loves a Woman" is cornerstone of soul music, much covered and much played .