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Whirlaway · 04-15-2015, 09:24 AM

alaine · 04-15-2015, 10:10 AM

I grew up in a very small town on the MS/AL border. As a teenager, I used to hang out in a small night club and dance with Percy and his band playing. I was too young to drink but could go in and dance. He may be gone, but his music will live on.

Whirlaway · 04-15-2015, 10:24 AM

That is very cool..................I assume this is before he got his big break with the Muscle Shoals recording of "When A Man Loves A Woman" ?

I think the name of his band back then was "The Esquires" ???

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Originally Posted by alaine

I grew up in a very small town on the MS/AL border. As a teenager, I used to hang out in a small night club and dance with Percy and his band playing. I was too young to drink but could go in and dance. He may be gone, but his music will live on.

alaine · 04-15-2015, 11:36 AM

No....That song hit the top of the charts around 1966....so this would have been after his popularity took a dive. So mid 70's he was again playing in the small clubs again. He actually was dating a sister of one of my friends and they were together for several years. He actually started out as a nurse...imagine that, a black male nurse in the early 60's.

i'va biggen · 04-15-2015, 02:15 PM

When a man loves a woman.................

pyramider · 04-15-2015, 07:16 PM

Is this about Sister Sledge?

FireKitten · 04-15-2015, 09:34 PM

Good stuff, and that is one of my top favorite songs!!