Take Time to Know Her
Percy Sledge
1968
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About Percy Sledge
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Percy Sledge developed as a singer around Leighton and Sheffield, Alabama, performing with the Esquires before recording with producers Quin Ivy and Marlin Greene. When a Man Loves a Woman introduced his expressive delivery to a broad audience. Further recordings included Warm and Tender Love, It Tears Me Up and Take Time to Know Her. His work with Muscle Shoals-area songwriters and musicians became part of Southern soul's enduring catalog of emotionally direct ballads.
Artist background sources
Percy Sledge - Alabama Music Hall of Fame
Read local performance, Ivy/Greene, named recordings and Muscle Shoals songwriting links. Omit erroneous first-gold claim, comeback-year inconsistency, sales and rankings. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Take Time to Know Her by Percy Sledge appears at number 54 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1968. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Billboard year-end 1968 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
Other appearances and versions
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Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1968 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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