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"When a Man Loves a Woman" was Sledge's first song recorded under the contract, and was released in March 1966. [3] According to Sledge, the inspiration for the song came when his girlfriend left him for a modelling career after he was laid off from a construction job in late 1965, [ 5 ] and, because bassist Calvin Lewis and organist Andrew ...
"When a Man Loves a Woman" is a song written by Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright and first recorded by Percy Sledge [1] in 1966 at Norala Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama. It made number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B singles charts. [3] Country singer John Wesley Ryles had a minor hit with his version of the song in 1976.
"Married Men" (also known as "(The World Is Full of) Married Men") is a song written by Dominic Bugatti and Frank Musker. It was recorded and released almost simultaneously by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler (claimed as the original) and American Bette Midler. [5] Due to the simultaneous release, both versions competed with each other. [6]
"Peggy Sue Got Married" is a song written and performed by Buddy Holly. It was posthumously released in July 1959 as a 45-rpm single with "Crying, Waiting, Hoping". It refers to his 1957 hit song "Peggy Sue". It was one of the first sequels of the rock era.
"Your Man" is a song recorded by American country music artist Josh Turner. It was released in July 2005 as the lead-off single and title track from his album of the same name . The fourth chart single of his career, it became his first number one hit on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in early 2006.
The song was first recorded by Howard for his September 1961 album release Harlan Howard Sings Harlan Howard.The track was released as a single in January 1962 and became a breakout hit in Texas where, according to his widow Melanie Howard, Harlan Howard spent two weeks doing promotion before returning home to Nashville and refusing to do further promotion re his singing career as it ...
"Daddy's Little Girl" is a classic song typically played at white weddings while a bride dances with her father. [ citation needed ] The song's lyrics and music were first written by Robert Harrison Burke and Horace Gerlach [ 1 ] in 1949.
Billboard advertisement, November 11, 1957. The song was originally entitled "Cindy Lou", after Holly's niece, the daughter of his sister Pat Holley Kaiter. The title was later changed to "Peggy Sue" in reference to Peggy Sue Gerron (1940–2018 [3]), the girlfriend (and future wife) of Jerry Allison, the drummer for the Crickets, after the couple had temporarily broken up.