MS SC580

Recognizes and salutes Malaco Records, a Jackson-based soul music record label, on its 50th anniversary in the recording industry

Acknowledges Malaco Records' founding in 1967 by Tommy Couch, Sr. and Wolf Stephenson as a recording studio that became known as "The Last Soul Company"

Highlights major artists and recordings including King Floyd's "Groove Me," Jean Knight's "Mr. Big Stuff," Dorothy Moore's "Misty Blue," Z.Z. Hill's "Down Home Blues," and work with Paul Simon and the Pointer Sisters

Notes the label's pioneering role in Southern Soul, Blues, and Gospel music, with significant contributions to African-American gospel through Gospel Director Frank Williams and the Mississippi Mass Choir

Directs the resolution be presented to Malaco Records' owners, forwarded to the Mississippi Arts Commission, and made available to the Capitol Press Corps