HJR 576 Summary

• Recognizes and commends Percy Sledge, an Alabama native and soul music icon known as the "Golden Voice of Soul"

• Highlights Sledge's signature 1966 ballad "When a Man Loves a Woman," which became the first Southern soul recording to reach the top of both R&B and pop charts and was named one of Rolling Stone Magazine's best 100 singles of the past 25 years in 1988

• Notes Sledge's career achievements including additional Top Ten R&B hits, a 1974 return to the charts with "I'll Be Your Everything," and his 1994 album "Blue Night"

• Details Sledge's awards and honors including the R&B Foundation's first Career Achievement Award (1989), W.C. Handy Blues Awards (1996), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction (2005), Alabama Music Hall of Fame Gold Star, and the 1993 Lifework Award for Performing Achievement

• Honors Sledge as an outstanding musical ambassador for Alabama and extends best wishes for his future endeavors