Spooner Oldham: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2009

Spooner Oldham was a session musician and songwriter at Muscle Shoals.

As a songwriter:

Cry Like a Baby (The Box Tops): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WoD8yZkvuI

It Tears Me Up (Percy Sledge): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4hIRfQX9cw


As a session musician:

When a Man Loves a Woman (Percy Sledge): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lp7FtJXp7k

Harvest Moon (Neil Young): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVi0UvFu8Yo

Mustang Sally (Wilson Pickett): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsjFi4KkOZc

Percy Sledge: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2005

Rock Hall Bio: http://rockhall.com/inductees/percy-sledge/bio/

Official Site: http://psledge.com/

Percy Sledge worked as a hospital orderly during the day and toured on weekends. A friend introduced him to a record producer and Sledge signed a deal.

In 1965, Sledge was laid off and his girlfriend left him.  He wrote his signature song in the aftermath.

When A Man Loves a Woman (1966): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JMwi8LOySo

Warm and Tender Love (1966): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2HOsK5PhK0

It Tears Me Up (1966): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri_aD_6K2Yw

Love Me Tender (1967): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn5K-phiBzo

Cover Me (1967): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lE0oGYXUwY

Take Time to Know Her (1968): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUOkBvxSoHw

I’ll Be Your Everything (1974): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkT1zHHi3-0

“When a Man Loves a Woman” returned with a vengeance in Britain in 1987. It hit #2 on the charts. Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me” was #1 at the same time. People must have wondered what year it was.