Artist: Percy Sledge
Author: Dan Penn/Spooner Oldham
Label: Atlantic
Year: 1966
Top 10 R&B, top 20 US. First recorded by Jimmy Hughes for Fame but that master got lost. That's when his cousin Percy had his pick down the road at Quinvy's.
Covers:
Dan Penn [author on cd Do Right Man; his demo was released on Ace comp Dan Penn - The Fame Recordings ('12)]
Elvis Costello [live bonus track on cd version King Of America]
Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham [auteurs]
Hacienda Brothers [on album produced by Dan Penn]
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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)