News of Prince's "transition" (as I heard a Baltimore DJ refer to it last Thursday) bumped to today our originally planned Music Friday tribute to two of the pioneers of mellow Soul whom we also have lost this month to that next great adventure we all take alone.
Percy Sledge charted 17 singles in the late '60s and early '70s...but nothing could top his very first, "When a Man Loves a Woman."
Billy Paul wasn't as prolific, but his work in genres as diverse as jazz, blues, funk and pop spanned some 50 years. His only Number One, "Me and Mrs. Jones," was huge in 1972.
Soul On, guys. RIP.
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