Soul singer Percy Sledge has passed away at the age of 73, sources have confirmed.
Sledge is best known for the classic song "When a Man Loves a Woman," one of the most beloved and enduring soul songs in history. The 1966 recording made him famous and also helped make Muscle Shoals, Alabama an unlikely pop music capital.
While he wrote the song with help from Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright, he handed them all the writing credit.
Sledge followed up his early success with a string of pop and R&B hits, including "Warm and Tender Love," "It Tears Me Up," "Out of Left Field" and "Take Time to Know Her," which reached number 11 in the U.S.
His recording career slowed in the mid-'70s, but he continued touring and working in music, and in 2005 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Listen to "When a Man Loves a Woman" and five other Sledge classics you may not know below.
"When a Man Loves a Woman"
"Take Time to Know Her"
"Warm and Tender Love"
"My Special Prayer"
"Out of Left Field"
"It Tears Me Up"