Complex sentence: Hughes, a cousin of Percy Sledge, was born and raised in Leighton, Alabama, close to Muscle Shoals, and began singing in a gospel quartet, The Singing Clouds, while at high school.
Split into simpler sentences: Hughes, a cousin of Percy Sledge, was born and raised in Leighton, Alabama, close to Muscle Shoals. He began singing in a gospel quartet, The Singing Clouds, while at high school.