Percy Sledge

Percy Sledge (born November 25, 1941 in Leighton, Alabama) is a US-American R&B and soul performer.

Percy Sledge worked in the fields in Leighton before he worked as an orderly at Colbert County Hospital in Sheffield.

Percy Sledge (born November 25, 1941 in Leighton, Alabama) is a US-American R&B and soul performer.

Percy Sledge worked in the fields in Leighton before he worked as an orderly at Colbert County Hospital in Sheffield. By the mid-60s, Sledge was touring the Southeast with the Esquires Combo on weekends and working at the hospital. A former patient, who was a friend of Producer Quin Ivy, introduced the two, an audition followed and Sledge was signed to a recording contract.