Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: Percy Sledge ( born November 25 , 1941 , Leighton , Alabama ) is an American R&B and soul performer who recorded the hit `` When a Man Loves a Woman '' in 1966 .
Simplified: Percy Sledge is an American R&B singer . He was born November 25 , 1940 , in Leighton Alabama .