Blues Hall of Fame

The Blues Hall of Fame is a list of people who are important in the development of blues music. The Hall is part of the Blues Foundation, and honors people who have performed, recorded, or documented blues. Inductees 1980 Jimi Hendrix Big Bill Broonzy Willie Dixon John Lee Hooker Lightnin' Hopkins Son House Howlin' Wolf Elmore James Blind Lemon Jefferson Robert Johnson B. B. King Little Walter Memphis Minnie Muddy Waters Charley Patton Jimmy Reed Bessie Smith Otis Spann T-Bone Walker Sonny Boy Williamson I (John Lee Williamson) Sonny Boy Williamson II (Aleck "Rice" Miller) 1981 Bobby "Blue" Bland Roy Brown Blind Willie McTell Professor Longhair Tampa Red 1982 Leroy Carr Ray Charles Big Walter Horton Freddie King Magic Sam 1983 Louis Jordan Albert King Robert Nighthawk Ma Rainey Big Joe Turner 1984 Otis Rush Hound Dog Taylor Big Mama Thornton B. B. King 1985 Chuck Berry Buddy Guy J. B. Hutto Slim Harpo 1986 Albert Collins Tommy Johnson Lead Belly Sonny Terry 1987 Percy Mayfield Eddie Taylor 1988 Mississippi John Hurt Little Milton Jay McShann Johnny Winter 1989 Clifton Chenier Robert Lockwood, Jr. Memphis Slim 1990 Blind Blake Lonnie Johnson Bukka White 1991 Sleepy John Estes Billie Holiday Fred McDowell Sunnyland Slim 1992 Skip James Johnny Shines Big Joe Williams 1993 Champion Jack Dupree Lowell Fulson 1994 Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup Wynonie Harris Non Performers : Bill "Hoss" Allen John Lomax Alan Lomax John Richbourg Gene Nobles 1995 Jimmy Rogers Non Performers: Leonard Chess Phil Chess 1996 Charles Brown David "Honeyboy" Edwards Non Performers: Bob Koester Pete Welding 1997 Brownie McGhee Koko Taylor Non Performer: Bruce Iglauer 1998 Luther Allison Junior Wells Non Performers: Lillian Shedd McMurry Sam Phillips 1999 Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown Roosevelt Sykes Non Performers: Lester Melrose Chris Strachwitz 2000 Johnny Otis Stevie Ray Vaughan Non Performer: Dick Waterman 2001 Etta James Little Junior Parker Rufus Thomas Non Performers: Theresa Needham Robert Palmer 2002 Ruth Brown Big Maceo Merriweather Non Performer: Jim O'Neal 2003 Fats Domino Pinetop Perkins Sippie Wallace Dinah Washington Non Performer: Ralph Bass 2004 Bo Diddley Blind Boy Fuller Non Performer: J. Mayo Williams 2005 Walter Davis Ike Turner Non Performer: H. C. Speir 2006 Paul Butterfield James Cotton Roy Milton Bobby Rush Non-Performers: Bihari Brothers Bobby Robinson Jerry Wexler 2007 Dave Bartholomew Dr. John Eddie “Guitar Slim” Jones Sister Rosetta Tharpe Non-Performers: Ahmet Ertegün Art Rupe 2008 Jimmy McCracklin Mississippi Sheiks Hubert Sumlin Johnny "Guitar" Watson Peetie Wheatstraw Jimmy Witherspoon Non-Performers: John Hammond Paul Oliver 2009 Reverend Gary Davis Son Seals Taj Mahal Irma Thomas Non-Performers: Clifford Antone Mike Leadbitter Bob Porter 2010 Lonnie Brooks Gus Cannon and Cannon's Jug Stompers W. C. Handy Amos Milburn Charlie Musselwhite Bonnie Raitt Non-Performers: Peter Guralnick "Sunshine" Sonny Payne 2011 Big Maybelle Robert Cray John Hammond, Jr. Alberta Hunter Denise LaSalle J. B. Lenoir Non-Performers: Bruce Bromberg Vivian Carter & Jimmy Bracken Samuel Charters John W. Work III Other websites Blues Foundation's Blues Hall of Fame Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine