Percy Sledge & Budapest Symphony Orchestra [2023] - When A Man Loves A Woman (Re-Recorded) [Orchestral Version] [Cleopatra Records]

On the back of the Northern Soul Proms a couple of weeks ago and several other orchestralised albums (e.g. Al Green, Motown, Myles Sanko to name a few), Percy Sledge's 1966 classic get the orchestral treatment via Budapest Symphony Orchestra.

Sadly it is probably the only song known by many from him which charted twice in the UK reaching #4 initially in 1966 and #2 when reissued in 1987 as a result of it featuring in one of the Levi's TV commercials. His only other UK chart hit was the 1966 follow-up single "Warm And Tender Love". "When A Man Loves A Woman" was his very first release which hit #1 on Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts.  Needless to say he never managed to equal it's success.

The song was written by two members of Sledges' group The Esquires (Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright) and originally recorded at Rick Hall's Fame Studios in Muscle Shoal. When a deal was struck with Atlantic Records, Jerry Wexler requested that it be re-recorded as he thought that the horns were out of tune. It was duly re-recorded at DJ Quin Ivy's Norala Studios, however, there was a tape mix up and it was actually the original recording that was released.

Sledge died of liver cancer in 2015 aged 74.

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Details

Rating:	8
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Classic Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Cleopatra Records
Cat No:	None
Date:	05/09/2023
Key/BPM:	3B/64
Price:	£1

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