sledge

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Nominated seven times for an Academy Award, Duvall won lead actor honors in 1983 for his role as Mac Sledge, a broken-down country singer in the film “Tender Mercies.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

“You know the west side is the best side,” joked Town Council member Stacy Sledge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

Because if you can't allow yourself one last solo dance to some Sister Sledge, then what is the point?

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2025

Artists as disparate as Mantovani, Percy Sledge, Annie Lennox and Sarah Brightman recorded the song, and tens of thousands have sung it to karaoke accompaniment.

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2023

I can feel my body developing some extra soreness from the Sledge Game, and by midnight I can barely move.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak