10 Best Covers of Percy Sledge's 'When a Man Loves a Woman'

After a long and hard battle with cancer, R&B singer Percy Sledge passed away on April 14 — such a devastating day in the world of music.

Percy Sledge known famously for his mega hit “When A Man Loves A Woman” has passed away at the age of 73 on Tuesday. East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner, Dr. William Clark tells us Sledge died just after midnight inside his Baton Rouge, Louisiana home 

An instant standard, the late Percy Sledge's debut single and greatest hit, "When a Man Loves a Woman," has been covered again and again over the past half-century: as a heartsick country tune, as a schmaltzy torch song, as lighter-waving rock & roll

Percy Sledge, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee who scored a No. 1 hit with 'When a Man Loves a Woman,' died Tuesday. He was 73.

R&B legend Percy Sledge — famous for his hit "When a Man Loves a Woman" — died at home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Tuesday morning after a long…