Ka taƙaita labarin:  (CNN)Percy Sledge, mai R&B wanda ya fi fice, "Lokacin da Namiji Ya Ƙauna da Mace", ya zama ginshiƙin kiɗan rai, ya mutu a ranar Talata. Yana da shekara 73. Sledge ya mutu a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in ji Stephanie Price na Ofishin Mai Kula da Shari'a na Yankin Gabashin Baton Rouge. Sledge ya mutu ne sanadiyyar wata cuta, in ji Likita William Clark na East Baton Rouge Parish. Ya kasance a cikin kulawar gida don cutar kansa, in ji Clark. A cikin aikin da ya fara a cikin shekarun 1960, Sledge yana da nasarori da yawa, gami da "Take Time to Know Her", "Warm and Tender Love" da "It Tears Me Up" daga cikinsu. Amma na farko da kuma mafi girma hit, "Lokacin da wani Man Yana son wata mace", towered a kan su duka. A kan wani bakin ciki, sannu a hankali yana tashi da kayan aiki wanda aka samar da organist Spooner Oldham, drummer Roger Hawkins da guitarist Marlin Greene - manyan mawaƙa na abin da ya zama Muscle Shoals sauti, ji a kan marasa adadi rai records - Sledge crooned, roared da roared hanyarsa ta hanyar tune. Ya fito ne kai tsaye daga zuciya: Da farko ana kiransa "Me Ya Sa Ka Bar Ni Baby", ya rubuta shi ne game da tsohuwar budurwarsa, ya zana daga waƙar da ya saba wa kansa waƙa tun yana yaro. "Na raira shi duk rayuwata, har ma lokacin da nake tarawa da yankan auduga a cikin filayen", mawakiyar da aka haifa a Alabama ta gaya wa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. A lokacin, Sledge yana aiki ne a matsayin mai kula da asibiti, yana ɗaukar wasan kwaikwayo da dare tare da ƙungiyar da ake kira Esquires Combo. A cikin karimci, ya ba da kyautar waƙoƙin "Woman" ga biyu daga cikin Esquires, Calvin Lewis da Andrew Wright, waɗanda suka taimaka masa da 'yan kide-kide. An yi rikodin waƙar a ranar 17 ga Fabrairu, 1966, a Sheffield, Alabama. Atlantic Records ya karɓa kuma yana so ya sake yin ƙaho kaɗan, amma an saki asalin sigar. Ya buga No. 1 a ranar 28 ga Mayu, 1966. "Soul na kudancin ya shiga cikin al'adun gargajiya na pop a cikin abin da ba zai yiwu ba na waƙar da ta fi dacewa", in ji masanin tarihin kiɗa Peter Guralnick. Mai shirya Jerry Wexler ya kira shi "waƙar ƙauna mai tsarki". Sledge bai taba ganin ko sisi na rubuce-rubucen waƙa ba. Yana da wasu nadama game da...
"Lokacin da Mutum ya Ƙaunar Mace" mawaƙa Percy Sledge ya mutu a 73. Sledge ya mutu a safiyar ranar Talata a Baton Rouge, Louisiana. "Lokacin da Mutum ya Ƙaunar Mace" ita ce ginshiƙan kiɗa na ruhu, da yawa da aka buga da yawa.