# Percy Sledge | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/percy-sledge
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/percy-sledge/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 06:15 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/percy-sledge
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/percy-sledge/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/percy-sledge/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Percy Sledge
- Visible lyric pages: 21

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `percy-sledge`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 06:15 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-080667165026251a
- Visible lyric pages: 21
- Pages with stored lyric text: 21
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 20695
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 49
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: A Whiter Shade Of Pale, Blue Water, Bring It On Home To Me, Cover Me, Dark End Of The Street, Goin' Home, I'm Hanging Up My Heart For You, and I've Been Loving You Too Long
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Percy Sledge was born in Leighton, Alabama in 1941. He worked as a hospital orderly and construction worker before finding his way to a small recording studio in Sheffield, Alabama in 1966. There, with producer Quin Ivy, he recorded 'When A Man Loves A Woman,' a song that would become his signature. That recording became a national sensation and led to a contract with Atlantic Records. Sledge followed it with...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. A Whiter Shade Of Pale — https://lyroverse.com/percy-sledge/a-whiter-shade-of-pale
2. Blue Water — https://lyroverse.com/percy-sledge/blue-water
3. Bring It On Home To Me — https://lyroverse.com/percy-sledge/bring-it-on-home-to-me
4. Cover Me — https://lyroverse.com/percy-sledge/cover-me
5. Dark End Of The Street — https://lyroverse.com/percy-sledge/dark-end-of-the-street
6. Goin' Home — https://lyroverse.com/percy-sledge/goin-home
7. I'm Hanging Up My Heart For You — https://lyroverse.com/percy-sledge/i-m-hanging-up-my-heart-for-you
8. I've Been Loving You Too Long — https://lyroverse.com/percy-sledge/i-ve-been-loving-you-too-long
9. If You Don't Know Me By Now — https://lyroverse.com/percy-sledge/if-you-don-t-know-me-by-now
10. It Tears Me Up — https://lyroverse.com/percy-sledge/it-tears-me-up
11. Kind Woman — https://lyroverse.com/percy-sledge/kind-woman
12. Love Me Tender — https://lyroverse.com/percy-sledge/love-me-tender
13. My Special Prayer — https://lyroverse.com/percy-sledge/my-special-prayer
14. Out Of Left Field — https://lyroverse.com/percy-sledge/out-of-left-field
15. Spooky — https://lyroverse.com/percy-sledge/spooky
16. Take Time To Know Her — https://lyroverse.com/percy-sledge/take-time-to-know-her
17. Warm And Tender Love — https://lyroverse.com/percy-sledge/warm-and-tender-love
18. What Am I Living For — https://lyroverse.com/percy-sledge/what-am-i-living-for
19. When A Man Loves A Woman — https://lyroverse.com/percy-sledge/when-a-man-loves-a-woman
20. You Really Got a Hold On Me — https://lyroverse.com/percy-sledge/you-really-got-a-hold-on-me
21. You're All Around Me — https://lyroverse.com/percy-sledge/you-re-all-around-me