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Black Music Month originated in 1979. Jimmy Carter proclaimed the month of June as Black Music Month to celebrate the wonderful music, the  achievements, births, important timelines, events and to remember those we lost.

Percy Sledge, the legendary R&B crooner who brought us, “When A Man Loves A Woman” has died at 73. CNN is reporting that Sledge passed…

Sad new about singer, Percy Sledge, 73-year-old Sledge, whose classic 1966 hit “When a Man Loves a Woman,” was due to perform as part of producer David Gest’s Legends of Soul tour, according to a report, Sledge has pulled out of a U.K. tour after he was reportedly diagnosed with liver cancer. By EURweb.com Read more:http://blackamericaweb.com/2014/02/17/report-singer-percy-sledge-suffering-from-liver-cancer/

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American Idol contestant Joshua Ledet has the best American Idol performance of all time!!! “When a Man Loves a Woman” by Percy Sledge. [ooyala 9wZzkyNDoQrTtMz1FhCT-ERcfUu6snc9 610 343 0 nolink]