<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Warm And Tender Love" (1966) </Td> <Td> "When a Man Loves a Woman" (1966) </Td> <Td> "Baby, Help Me" (1967) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Warm And Tender Love" (1966) </Td> <Td> "When a Man Loves a Woman" (1966) </Td> <Td> "Baby, Help Me" (1967) </Td> </Tr> <P> "When a Man Loves a Woman" is a song written by Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright and first recorded by Percy Sledge in 1966 at Norala Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama . It made number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B singles charts . Singer and actress Bette Midler recorded the song 14 years later and had a Top 40 hit with her version in 1980 . In 1991, Michael Bolton recorded the song and his version peaked at number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles chart . </P> <P> The song was initially recorded by Percy Sledge at Rick Hall's FAME Studios at Muscle Shoals, before being re-recorded at the nearby Norala Studios owned by Quin Ivy . The sidemen for the recording included Spooner Oldham, Farfisa organ; Marlin Greene, guitar; Albert "Junior" Lowe, double bass and Roger Hawkins, drums . Andrew Wright and Calvin Lewis did not play on the record . Rick Hall arranged a distribution deal with Atlantic Records, but Jerry Wexler asked that the song be re-recorded because the horns were out of tune . According to musician David Hood, "They went back in the studio and changed the horns, got different horn players to play on it . But then the tapes got mixed up and Atlantic put out their original version . So that's the hit ." </P>

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