Chịkọta isiokwu ahụ:  (CNN) Percy Sledge, onye na-agụ egwu R&B onye egwu ya kachasị ewu ewu, "When a Man Loves a Woman", ghọrọ ntọala nke egwu mkpụrụ obi, nwụrụ na Tuesday. Ọ dị afọ iri asaa na atọ. Sledge nwụrụ na Baton Rouge, Louisiana, ka Stephanie Price nke Ọfịs Ndị Ọkà Mmụta Ọrịa na East Baton Rouge Parish kwuru. Sledge nwụrụ ọnwụ nkịtị, dị ka onye na-ahụ maka ndị nwụrụ anwụ n'Ebe Ọwụwa Anyanwụ Baton Rouge, bụ́ Dr. William Clark, si kwuo. Ọ nọ n'ụlọ ọgwụ na-elekọta ndị ọrịa cancer, Clark gbakwụnyere. Na ọrụ nke malitere na 1960s, Sledge nwere ọtụtụ ihe ịga nke ọma, gụnyere "Were oge iji mara ya", "Warm and Tender Love" na "Ọ na-agbaji m" n'etiti ha. Ma abụ mbụ ya nke kasị kpaa ike, "When a Man Loves a Woman", karịrị ha nile. N'elu egwu dị mwute, nke na-eji nwayọọ nwayọọ na-ebili nke onye na-akụ ụbọ akwara bụ́ Spooner Oldham, onye na-akụ ọkpọ bụ́ Roger Hawkins na onye na-akụ ụbọ akwara bụ́ Marlin Greene nyere - ndị na-agụ egwú bụ́ isi nke ihe ghọrọ ụda Muscle Shoals, nke a nụrụ n'ọtụtụ ihe ndekọ mkpụrụ obi - Sledge na-eti mkpu, na-arịọsi arịrịọ ike ma na-eti mkpu n'ụzọ ya site n'abụ ahụ. O si n'obi ya pụta: Aha mbụ ya bụ "Why Did You Leave Me Baby", o dere ya banyere onye bụbu enyi ya nwanyị, na-adabere n'abụ ọ na-abụkarị onwe ya mgbe ọ bụ nwata. "Egwuru m ya ná ndụ m nile, ọbụna mgbe m na-achịkọta ma na-egweri owu n'ubi", ka onye ọbụ abụ ahụ a mụrụ n'Alabama gwara Ụlọ Nzukọ Ndị A Ma Ama Maka Egwú Rock and Roll. N'oge ahụ, Sledge na-arụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-elekọta ụlọ ọgwụ, na-ewere ọrụ n'abalị na otu ìgwè a na-akpọ Esquires Combo. N'inwe mmesapụ aka, o nyere ndị dere abụ maka "Nwanyị" nye mmadụ abụọ n'ime ndị Esquires, Calvin Lewis na Andrew Wright, bụ ndị nyeere ya aka na ụda ole na ole. E dekọtara abụ ahụ na February 17, 1966, na Sheffield, Alabama. Atlantic Records weghaara ya ma chọọ imezigharị mpi ndị ahụ na-adịghị mma, mana mbipute mbụ mechara wepụta. Ọ kụrụ No. 1 na May 28, 1966. "Mkpụrụ obi ndịda abanyewo n'ikpeazụ n'egwú pop n'ụdị a na-apụghị ikweta ekweta nke ịbụ abụ a na-eme ka mmadụ na ibe ya na-emekọ ihe n'ụzọ kasị mma", ka ọkọ akụkọ ihe mere eme nke egwú bụ́ Peter Guralnick dere. Onye na-emepụta egwú bụ́ Jerry Wexler kpọrọ ya "abụ ịhụnanya dị nsọ". Sledge ahụtụbeghị ego ọbụla n'ụgwọ ọrụ ọ na-enweta site n'ide abụ. Ọ na-akwa ụta maka...
Percy Sledge, onye na-abụ abụ "When a Man Loves a Woman" anwụọla n'afọ iri asaa na atọ ya. Sledge nwụrụ n'ụtụtụ Tuzdee na Baton Rouge, Louisiana. "When a Man Loves a Woman" bụ ntọala nke egwu mkpụrụ obi, nke a na-agụ ma na-egwuri egwu.