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<p><b>Percy Tyrone Sledge</b> (* <a href="25._November" title="25. November">25. November</a> <a href="1940" title="1940">1940</a> in Leighton, <a href="Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a>; † <a href="14._April" title="14. April">14. April</a> <a href="2015" title="2015">2015</a> in <a href="Baton_Rouge" title="Baton Rouge">Baton Rouge</a>, <a href="Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-NYTimes_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTimes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> war ein <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">US-amerikanischer</a> <a href="Rhythm_and_Blues" title="Rhythm and Blues">Rhythm-and-Blues</a>- und <a href="Soul" title="Soul">Soul</a>-Sänger. International bekannt wurde er mit dem Song <i><a href="When_a_Man_Loves_a_Woman_(Lied)" title="When a Man Loves a Woman (Lied)">When a Man Loves a Woman</a></i> im Jahr 1966.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Karriere">Karriere</h2></div>
<p>Percy Sledge arbeitete in seiner Jugend auf den Feldern von Leighton, später dann als Pflegehelfer im <i>Colbert County Hospital</i> (heute: <i><a href="Helen_Keller" title="Helen Keller">Helen Keller</a>-Hospital</i>) in <a href="Sheffield_(Alabama)" title="Sheffield (Alabama)">Sheffield</a>. Wiege seiner musikalischen Karriere war eine Leightoner <a href="Baptisten" title="Baptisten">Baptistenkirche</a>, die <i>Galilee Missionary Baptist Church</i>. Außerdem war er Mitglied der <i>Jimmy Hughes’s <a href="Gospel" title="Gospel">gospel</a> group</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Der Sänger feierte vor allem in der zweiten Hälfte der 1960er Jahre Erfolge mit gefühlvollen Liebesballaden zwischen <a href="Country" class="mw-redirect" title="Country">Country</a> und <a href="Soul" title="Soul">Soul</a>, die er mit <a href="Nasal_(Phonetik)" title="Nasal (Phonetik)">nasaler</a> <a href="Intonation_(Musik)" title="Intonation (Musik)">Intonation</a> vortrug.
Mitte der 1960er war er an den Wochenenden mit seiner Gruppe Esquires Combo im Südosten der USA unterwegs und arbeitete die Woche über im Krankenhaus. Ein früherer Patient stellte Sledge einem Freund, dem Musikproduzenten Quin Ivy, vor, der Sledge nach einer Probeaufnahme einen Schallplattenvertrag bei <a href="Atlantic_Records" title="Atlantic Records">Atlantic Records</a> verschaffte. Sledges sanfte, eindringliche Stimme eignete sich perfekt für eine Serie von Soulballaden, die von Ivy und Marlin Greene produziert wurden und die Rockkritiker Dave Marsh einmal „gefühlvolle Klassiker für Romantiker jeden Alters“ nannte.
</p><p><i><a href="When_a_Man_Loves_a_Woman_(Lied)" title="When a Man Loves a Woman (Lied)">When a Man Loves a Woman</a></i> war seine erste Aufnahme, und sie wurde 1966 nicht nur ein internationaler Hit (<a href="Liste_der_Nummer-eins-Hits_in_den_USA_(1966)" title="Liste der Nummer-eins-Hits in den USA (1966)">US Platz 1</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UK Platz 4,<sup id="cite_ref-uk_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uk-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bundesrepublik Deutschland Platz 13<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), sondern auch die erste <a href="Goldene_Schallplatte" title="Goldene Schallplatte">Goldene Schallplatte</a> für Atlantic Records. Diese bedeutende Soulhymne war der Grundstein für Percy Sledges Karriere, und Titel wie <i>Warm and Tender Love</i>, <i>Take Time to Know Her</i> und <i>Cover Me</i> festigten seinen Ruhm. <i>My Special Prayer</i> war in den USA nur ein kleiner Hit, in den Niederlanden hingegen kletterte das Lied 1969 auf <a href="Liste_der_Nummer-eins-Hits_in_den_Niederlanden_(1969)" title="Liste der Nummer-eins-Hits in den Niederlanden (1969)">Platz eins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In den 1970er Jahren hatte Sledge Erfolge mit Titeln wie <i>I’ll Be Your Everything</i> und <i>Sunshine</i> und erntete internationalen Ruhm, besonders in den Niederlanden, Deutschland und auf dem afrikanischen Kontinent. Ende der 1980er Jahre wurde Sledges Klassiker <i>When a Man Loves a Woman</i> aufgrund der Verwendung in einem Jeans-Werbespot erneut ein Hitparadenerfolg und kam im Vereinigten Königreich bis auf Platz 2,<sup id="cite_ref-uk_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uk-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in Deutschland auf Rang 13<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> der Single-Charts. Im Jahr 2005 wurde Percy Sledge in die <a href="Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a> aufgenommen.<sup id="cite_ref-halloffame_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-halloffame-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sein Song <i>When A Man Loves A Woman</i> wird von der <i>Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</i> in der Liste der „Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll“<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> aufgeführt.
</p><p>Sledge starb am 14. April 2015 im Alter von 74 Jahren in seinem Haus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, an <a href="Leberkrebs" title="Leberkrebs">Leberkrebs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTimes_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTimes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
Er war zweimal verheiratet und hatte zwölf Kinder.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diskografie_(Auswahl)"><span id="Diskografie_.28Auswahl.29"></span>Diskografie (Auswahl)</h2></div>
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<tbody><tr>
<th style="width:25px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Jahr
</th>
<th style="width:250px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Titel
</th>
<th class="charts-th" colspan="3"><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="charts-hidm charts-certc"><span class="charts-certt">Höchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, Auszeichnung<i></i></span>Chartplatzierungen</span><span class="charts-monl">Chartplatzierungen</span><sup id="cite_ref-charts_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charts-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ausz._13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ausz.-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span><span class="charts-monl charts-mh"><br>(Jahr, Titel, Plat­zie­rungen, Wo­chen, Aus­zeich­nungen, Anmer­kungen)</span>
</th>
<th style="width:320px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Anmerkungen
</th></tr>
<tr class="charts-trh">
<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="%C3%963_Austria_Top_40" title="AT"></a></span>&nbsp;<a href="%C3%963_Austria_Top_40" title="Ö3 Austria Top 40">AT</a>
</th>
<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Billboard_200" title="US"></a></span>&nbsp;<a href="Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a>
</th>
<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="R&amp;B"></a></span>&nbsp;<a href="Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="Top R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Albums">R&amp;B</a>
</th></tr>

<tr>
<td rowspan="2" class="charts-yy">1966
</td>
<td>When a Man Loves a Woman
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm charts-nxa">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a></span>37<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(21 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="Top R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Albums">R&amp;B</a></span>2<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(12 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&amp;B</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Warm &amp; Tender Soul
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm charts-nxa">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a></span>136<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(3 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="Top R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Albums">R&amp;B</a></span>9<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(17 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&amp;B</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1967
</td>
<td>The Percy Sledge Way
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm charts-nxa">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a></span>178<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(3 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1968
</td>
<td>Take Time to Know Her
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm charts-nxa">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a></span>148<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(6 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="Top R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Albums">R&amp;B</a></span>27<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(10 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&amp;B</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1974
</td>
<td>I’ll Be Your Everything
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="Top R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Albums">R&amp;B</a></span>48<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(6 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&amp;B</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1981
</td>
<td>When a Man Loves a Woman
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="%C3%963_Austria_Top_40" title="Ö3 Austria Top 40">AT</a></span>6<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(6 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">AT</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
</tbody></table><p><span style="font-size:smaller;" class="charts-hidm charts-hidp"><span class="charts-nxa" style="padding:2px;border:solid .5px grey;font-style:italic;">grau schraffiert</span>: keine Chartdaten aus diesem Jahr verfügbar</span>
</p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kompilationen">Kompilationen</h3></div>

<table class="wikitable charts-table charts-zebragrey" style="text-align:center;">

<tbody><tr>
<th style="width:25px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Jahr
</th>
<th style="width:250px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Titel
</th>
<th class="charts-th" colspan="3"><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="charts-hidm charts-certc"><span class="charts-certt">Höchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, Auszeichnung<i></i></span>Chartplatzierungen</span><span class="charts-monl">Chartplatzierungen</span><sup id="cite_ref-charts_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charts-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ausz._13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ausz.-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span><span class="charts-monl charts-mh"><br>(Jahr, Titel, Plat­zie­rungen, Wo­chen, Aus­zeich­nungen, Anmer­kungen)</span>
</th>
<th style="width:320px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Anmerkungen
</th></tr>
<tr class="charts-trh">
<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Britische_Musikcharts" title="UK"></a></span>&nbsp;<a href="Britische_Musikcharts" title="Britische Musikcharts">UK</a>
</th>
<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Billboard_200" title="US"></a></span>&nbsp;<a href="Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a>
</th>
<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="R&amp;B"></a></span>&nbsp;<a href="Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="Top R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Albums">R&amp;B</a>
</th></tr>

<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1969
</td>
<td>The Best of Percy Sledge
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a></span>133<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(11 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="Top R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Albums">R&amp;B</a></span>27<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(10 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&amp;B</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1987
</td>
<td>When a Man Loves a Woman (The Ultimate Collection)
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Britische_Musikcharts" title="Britische Musikcharts">UK</a></span>36<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(4 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">UK</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">2011
</td>
<td>Percy Sledge
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="Top R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Albums">R&amp;B</a></span>62<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(7 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&amp;B</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<p><b>Weitere Kompilationen</b>
</p>
<ul><li>1973: <i>Star Collection</i> (DE: <span class="charts-certc"><span class="charts-cert"><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span><span class="charts-certn">×2</span></span><span class="charts-certt">Doppelgold<i></i></span></span> <sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Singles">Singles</h3></div>

<table class="wikitable charts-table charts-stickyhead charts-zebragrey" style="text-align:center;">

<tbody><tr>
<th style="width:25px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Jahr
</th>
<th style="width:250px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Titel<br><span style="font-size:smaller;font-style:italic;">Album</span>
</th>
<th class="charts-th" colspan="5"><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="charts-hidm charts-certc"><span class="charts-certt">Höchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, Auszeichnung<i></i></span>Chartplatzierungen</span><span class="charts-monl">Chartplatzierungen</span><sup id="cite_ref-charts_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charts-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ausz._13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ausz.-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span><span class="charts-monl charts-mh"><br>(Jahr, Titel, <i>Album</i>, Plat­zie­rungen, Wo­chen, Aus­zeich­nungen, Anmer­kungen)</span>
</th>
<th style="width:320px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Anmerkungen
</th></tr>
<tr class="charts-trh">
<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Deutsche_Singlecharts" title="DE"></a></span>&nbsp;<a href="Deutsche_Singlecharts" title="Deutsche Singlecharts">DE</a>
</th>
<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Schweizer_Hitparade" title="CH"></a></span>&nbsp;<a href="Schweizer_Hitparade" title="Schweizer Hitparade">CH</a>
</th>
<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Britische_Musikcharts" title="UK"></a></span>&nbsp;<a href="Britische_Musikcharts" title="Britische Musikcharts">UK</a>
</th>
<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="US"></a></span>&nbsp;<a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a>
</th>
<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="R&amp;B"></a></span>&nbsp;<a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Songs">R&amp;B</a><span style="display:none">Template:Charttabelle/Wartung/Charts inexistent</span>
</th></tr>

<tr>
<td rowspan="3" class="charts-yy">1966
</td>
<td><a href="When_a_Man_Loves_a_Woman_(Lied)" title="When a Man Loves a Woman (Lied)">When a Man Loves a Woman</a><br><span class="charts-add">When a Man Loves a Woman</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Deutsche_Singlecharts" title="Deutsche Singlecharts">DE</a></span>13<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(13 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">DE</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-nxs"><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Schweizer_Hitparade" title="Schweizer Hitparade">CH</a></span>21<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(6 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">CH</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Britische_Musikcharts" title="Britische Musikcharts">UK</a></span>4 <div class="charts-certc"><div class="charts-cert"><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span></div><span class="charts-certt">Gold<i></i></span></div><br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(17 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">UK</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span><a href="Liste_der_Nummer-eins-Hits_in_den_USA_(1966)" title="Liste der Nummer-eins-Hits in den USA (1966)"><b>1</b></a> <div class="charts-certc"><div class="charts-cert"><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span></div><span class="charts-certt">Gold<i></i></span></div><br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(13 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Songs">R&amp;B</a></span><b>1</b><br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(16 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&amp;B</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: März 1966<br>Verkäufe: + 1.250.000</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Warm and Tender Love<br><span class="charts-add">Warm &amp; Tender Soul</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm charts-nxs">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Britische_Musikcharts" title="Britische Musikcharts">UK</a></span>34<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(7 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">UK</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>17<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(9 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Songs">R&amp;B</a></span>5<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(11 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&amp;B</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: Juni 1966</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>It Tears Me Up<br><span class="charts-add">Warm &amp; Tender Soul</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm charts-nxs">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>20<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(11 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Songs">R&amp;B</a></span>7<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(13 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&amp;B</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: September 1966</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="6" class="charts-yy">1967
</td>
<td>Baby, Help Me<br><span class="charts-add">Take Time to Know Her</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm charts-nxs">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>87<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(5 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Songs">R&amp;B</a></span>44<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(2 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&amp;B</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: Februar 1967</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Out of Left Field<br><span class="charts-add">Take Time to Know Her</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm charts-nxs">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>59<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(7 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Songs">R&amp;B</a></span>25<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(10 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&amp;B</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: April 1967</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>What Am I Living for?<br><span class="charts-add">The Percy Sledge Way</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm charts-nxs">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>91<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(2 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Love_Me_Tender" title="Love Me Tender">Love Me Tender</a><br><span class="charts-add">Warm &amp; Tender Soul</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm charts-nxs">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
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<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>40<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(6 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
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<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Songs">R&amp;B</a></span>35<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(7 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&amp;B</span>
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Erstveröffentlichung: Juni 1967</div>
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<td>Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Empty Arms)<br><span class="charts-add">The Percy Sledge Way</span>
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<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>66<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(4 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
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Erstveröffentlichung: August 1967</div>
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<td>Cover Me<br><span class="charts-add">Take Time to Know Her</span>
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<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>42<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(8 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Songs">R&amp;B</a></span>39<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(3 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&amp;B</span>
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Erstveröffentlichung: Oktober 1967</div>
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<td rowspan="3" class="charts-yy">1968
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<td>Take Time to Know Her<br><span class="charts-add">Take Time to Know Her</span>
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<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>11<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(14 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
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<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Songs">R&amp;B</a></span>6<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(12 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&amp;B</span>
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Erstveröffentlichung: März 1968</div>
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<td>Sudden Stop<br><span class="charts-add">Take Time to Know Her</span>
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<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>63<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(5 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
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<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Songs">R&amp;B</a></span>41<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(4 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&amp;B</span>
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Erstveröffentlichung: Juli 1968</div>
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<td>My Special Prayer<br><span class="charts-add">My Special Prayer</span>
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<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>93<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(4 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Songs">R&amp;B</a></span>44<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(3 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&amp;B</span>
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Erstveröffentlichung: Dezember 1968</div>
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<td>Any Day Now<br><span class="charts-add">My Special Prayer</span>
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<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>86<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(4 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Songs">R&amp;B</a></span>35<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(4 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&amp;B</span>
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Erstveröffentlichung: März 1969</div>
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<td class="charts-yy">1973
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<td>Sunshine<br><span style="font-size:smaller;">–</span>
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<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Songs">R&amp;B</a></span>89<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(3 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&amp;B</span>
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<td class="charts-yy">1974
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<td>I’ll Be Your Everything<br><span class="charts-add">I’ll Be Your Everything</span>
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<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>62<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(6 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
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<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Songs">R&amp;B</a></span>15<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(12 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&amp;B</span>
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<td class="charts-yy">1987
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<td>When a Man Loves a Woman<br><span style="font-size:smaller;">–</span>
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<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Britische_Musikcharts" title="Britische Musikcharts">UK</a></span>2<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(10 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">UK</span>
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</p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Weblinks">Weblinks</h2></div>
<div class="sisterproject" style="margin:0.1em 0 0 0;"><div class="noresize noviewer" style="display:inline-block; line-height:10px; min-width:1.6em; text-align:center;" aria-hidden="true" role="presentation"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons"></span></span></div><b><span class=""><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Percy_Sledge?uselang=de"><span lang="en">Commons</span>: Percy Sledge</a></span></b>&nbsp;– Sammlung von Bildern</div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&amp;query=134523946">Werke von und über Percy Sledge</a> im Katalog der <a href="Deutsche_Nationalbibliothek" title="Deutsche Nationalbibliothek">Deutschen Nationalbibliothek</a></li>
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</style><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110128234819/http://psledge.com/">Homepage von Percy Sledge</a> (<span class="webarchiv-memento"><a href="Webarchivierung#Begrifflichkeiten" title="Webarchivierung">Memento</a></span> vom 28. Januar 2011 im <i><a href="Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></i>)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000838195"><span>Percy Sledge</span></a> bei <a href="AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> (englisch)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/Percy+Sledge">Percy Sledge</a> bei <a href="Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a></li>
<li>Peter B. Olson: <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/percy-sledge/">Percy Sledge.</a></i> In: <i>Encyclopedia of Alabama</i>, 18. Oktober 2016, zuletzt aktualisiert am 27. März 2023.</li>
<li>John Wirt: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://64parishes.org/entry/percy-sledge">Percy Sledge.</a> Eintrag bei <i>64 Parishes: Encyclopedia</i>, 2. Januar 2023.</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144998457">Percy Sledge</a> in der Datenbank <a href="Find_a_Grave" title="Find a Grave">Find a Grave</a><span style="display:none">Vorlage:Findagrave/Wartung/Gleiche Kenner im Quelltext und in Wikidata</span></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-NYTimes-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-NYTimes_1-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-NYTimes_1-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Joe Coscarelli: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/15/arts/music/percy-sledge-who-sang-when-a-man-loves-a-woman-dies-at-74.html"><i>Percy Sledge, Smooth Wailer in ‘When a Man Loves a Woman,’ Is Dead at 74.</i></a> In: <i><a href="The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, 14. April 2015 (englisch); abgerufen am 15. April 2015.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2537"><i>Percy Sledge</i>.</a> encyclopediaofalabama.org; abgerufen am 13. Februar 2019</span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="Joel_Whitburn" title="Joel Whitburn">Joel Whitburn</a>: <i>The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits</i>. ISBN 0-8230-7690-3.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-uk-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-uk_4-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-uk_4-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.everyhit.com/">„Percy Sledge“.</a> everyhit.com, Suchmaske.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Hit-Bilanz, Deutsche Chart Singles 1956–1980</i>. Taurus-Press, ISBN 3-922542-24-7.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/percy-sledge"><i>Percy Sledge.</i></a> Stichting Nederlandse Top 40,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 7.&nbsp;Juni 2021</span> (niederländisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3APercy+Sledge&amp;rft.title=Percy+Sledge&amp;rft.description=Percy+Sledge&amp;rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.top40.nl%2Ftop40-artiesten%2Fpercy-sledge&amp;rft.publisher=Stichting+Nederlandse+Top+40&amp;rft.language=nl">&nbsp;</span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Hit-Bilanz, Deutsche Chart Singles 1981–1987</i>. Taurus-Press, ISBN 3-922542-34-4.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-halloffame-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-halloffame_8-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/percy-sledge/bio/">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Percy Sledge</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rockhall.com/exhibits/one-hit-wonders-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll/">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, One Hit Wonders and The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Frank Roberts: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414223343/http://hamptonroads.com/2008/09/sledges-when-man-loves-woman-hit-it-big"><i>Sledge’s ‘When a Man Loves a Woman’ hit it big.</i></a> In: <i>HamptonRoads.com.</i> 18.&nbsp;September 2008, archiviert vom <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r250917974">
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<li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-11">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Paul Farrell: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://heavy.com/news/2015/04/percy-sledge-dead-dies-rip-funeral-cause-of-death-wife-rosa-sledge/"><i>Percy Sledge Dead: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know.</i></a> In: <i>Heavy.com.</i> 14.&nbsp;April 2015,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 25.&nbsp;Februar 2023</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3APercy+Sledge&amp;rft.title=Percy+Sledge+Dead%3A+5+Fast+Facts+You+Need+to+Know&amp;rft.description=Percy+Sledge+Dead%3A+5+Fast+Facts+You+Need+to+Know&amp;rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fheavy.com%2Fnews%2F2015%2F04%2Fpercy-sledge-dead-dies-rip-funeral-cause-of-death-wife-rosa-sledge%2F&amp;rft.creator=Paul+Farrell&amp;rft.date=2015-04-14">&nbsp;</span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-charts-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-charts_12-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-charts_12-1">b</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-charts_12-2">c</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Chartquellen: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artist_search=Percy+Sledge&amp;do_search=do">DE</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Percy+Sledge">AT</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Percy+Sledge#charts">CH</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/12496/percy-sledge/">UK</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/percy-sledge/chart-history/">US</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-Ausz.-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Ausz._13-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Ausz._13-1">b</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Ausz._13-2">c</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Auszeichnungen für Musikverkäufe: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.musikindustrie.de/wie-musik-zur-karriere-werden-kann/markt-bestseller/gold-/platin-und-diamond-auszeichnung/datenbank">DE</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bpi.co.uk/page/certified-awards">UK</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&amp;se=Percy+Sledge">US</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-14">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="G%C3%BCnter_Ehnert" title="Günter Ehnert">Günter Ehnert</a>: <cite style="font-style:italic">Hit Bilanz – Deutsche Chart LP’s 1962–1986</cite>. Hrsg.: Taurus Press. 1. Auflage. Verlag populärer Musik-Literatur, Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-922542-29-8, <span style="white-space:nowrap">S.<span style="display:inline-block;width:.2em">&nbsp;</span>298</span>.<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rfr_id=info:sid/de.wikipedia.org:Percy+Sledge&amp;rft.au=G%C3%BCnter+Ehnert&amp;rft.btitle=Hit+Bilanz+-+Deutsche+Chart+LP%E2%80%99s+1962-1986&amp;rft.date=1994&amp;rft.edition=1.&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.isbn=3922542298&amp;rft.pages=298&amp;rft.place=Hamburg&amp;rft.pub=Verlag+popul%C3%A4rer+Musik-Literatur" style="display:none">&nbsp;</span></span>
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