# Blues Hall of Fame

The Blues Hall of Fame is a music museum operated by the Blues Foundation at 421 S. Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee. Initially, the "Blues Hall of Fame" was not a physical building, but a listing of people who have significantly contributed to blues music. Started in 1980, it honors people who have performed, recorded, or documented blues. The museum opened to the public on May 8, 2015.

## Inductees
### Performers

List of performers inducted :
| Year | Name |
| 1980 | Big Bill Broonzy |
| 1980 | Willie Dixon |
| 1980 | John Lee Hooker |
| 1980 | Lightnin' Hopkins |
| 1980 | Son House |
| 1980 | Howlin' Wolf |
| 1980 | Elmore James |
| 1980 | Blind Lemon Jefferson |
| 1980 | Robert Johnson |
| 1980 | B.B. King |
| 1980 | Little Walter |
| 1980 | Memphis Minnie |
| 1980 | Muddy Waters |
| 1980 | Charley Patton |
| 1980 | Jimmy Reed |
| 1980 | Bessie Smith |
| 1980 | Otis Spann |
| 1980 | T-Bone Walker |
| 1980 | Sonny Boy Williamson I |
| 1980 | Sonny Boy Williamson II |
| 1981 | Bobby "Blue" Bland |
| 1981 | Roy Brown |
| 1981 | Blind Willie McTell |
| 1981 | Professor Longhair |
| 1981 | Tampa Red |
| 1982 | Leroy Carr |
| 1982 | Ray Charles |
| 1982 | Big Walter Horton |
| 1982 | Freddie King |
| 1982 | Magic Sam |
| 1983 | Louis Jordan |
| 1983 | Albert King |
| 1983 | Robert Nighthawk |
| 1983 | Ma Rainey |
| 1983 | Big Joe Turner |
| 1984 | Otis Rush |
| 1984 | Hound Dog Taylor |
| 1984 | Big Mama Thornton |
| 1985 | Chuck Berry |
| 1985 | Buddy Guy |
| 1985 | J. B. Hutto |
| 1985 | Slim Harpo |
| 1986 | Albert Collins |
| 1986 | Tommy Johnson |
| 1986 | Lead Belly |
| 1987 | Percy Mayfield |
| 1987 | Eddie Taylor |
| 1987 | Sonny Terry |
| 1988 | Mississippi John Hurt |
| 1988 | Little Milton |
| 1988 | Jay McShann |
| 1988 | Johnny Winter |
| 1989 | Clifton Chenier |
| 1989 | Robert Lockwood Jr. |
| 1989 | Memphis Slim |
| 1990 | Blind Blake |
| 1990 | Lonnie Johnson |
| 1990 | Bukka White |
| 1991 | Sleepy John Estes |
| 1991 | Billie Holiday |
| 1991 | Mississippi Fred McDowell |
| 1991 | Sunnyland Slim |
| 1992 | Skip James |
| 1992 | Johnny Shines |
| 1992 | Big Joe Williams |
| 1993 | Champion Jack Dupree |
| 1993 | Lowell Fulson |
| 1994 | Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup |
| 1994 | Wynonie Harris |
| 1995 | Jimmy Rogers |
| 1996 | Charles Brown |
| 1996 | David "Honeyboy" Edwards |
| 1997 | Brownie McGhee |
| 1997 | Koko Taylor |
| 1998 | Luther Allison |
| 1998 | Junior Wells |
| 1999 | Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown |
| 1999 | Roosevelt Sykes |
| 2000 | Johnny Otis |
| 2000 | Stevie Ray Vaughan |
| 2001 | Etta James |
| 2001 | Little Junior Parker |
| 2001 | Rufus Thomas |
| 2002 | Ruth Brown |
| 2002 | Big Maceo Merriweather |
| 2003 | Fats Domino |
| 2003 | Pinetop Perkins |
| 2003 | Sippie Wallace |
| 2003 | Dinah Washington |
| 2004 | Bo Diddley |
| 2004 | Blind Boy Fuller |
| 2005 | Walter Davis |
| 2005 | Ike Turner |
| 2006 | Paul Butterfield |
| 2006 | James Cotton |
| 2006 | Roy Milton |
| 2006 | Bobby Rush |
| 2007 | Dave Bartholomew |
| 2007 | Dr. John |
| 2007 | Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones |
| 2007 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe |
| 2008 | Jimmy McCracklin |
| 2008 | Mississippi Sheiks |
| 2008 | Hubert Sumlin |
| 2008 | Johnny "Guitar" Watson |
| 2008 | Peetie Wheatstraw |
| 2008 | Jimmy Witherspoon |
| 2009 | Reverend Gary Davis |
| 2009 | Son Seals |
| 2009 | Taj Mahal |
| 2009 | Irma Thomas |
| 2010 | Lonnie Brooks |
| 2010 | Gus Cannon |
| 2010 | W. C. Handy |
| 2010 | Amos Milburn |
| 2010 | Charlie Musselwhite |
| 2010 | Bonnie Raitt |
| 2011 | Big Maybelle |
| 2011 | Robert Cray |
| 2011 | John P. Hammond |
| 2011 | Alberta Hunter |
| 2011 | Denise LaSalle |
| 2011 | J. B. Lenoir |
| 2012 | Billy Boy Arnold |
| 2012 | Mike Bloomfield |
| 2012 | Buddy & Ella Johnson |
| 2012 | Lazy Lester |
| 2012 | Furry Lewis |
| 2012 | Matt "Guitar" Murphy |
| 2012 | Frank Stokes |
| 2012 | Allen Toussaint |
| 2013 | Otis Clay |
| 2013 | Earl Hooker |
| 2013 | Little Brother Montgomery |
| 2013 | Jimmie Rodgers |
| 2013 | Jody Williams |
| 2013 | Joe Louis Walker |
| 2014 | Big Jay McNeely |
| 2014 | Eddie Shaw |
| 2014 | Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson |
| 2014 | R. L. Burnside |
| 2014 | Robert Pete Williams |
| 2015 | Eric Clapton |
| 2015 | Little Richard |
| 2015 | Tommy Brown |
| 2016 | Elvin Bishop |
| 2016 | Eddy Clearwater |
| 2016 | Jimmy Johnson |
| 2016 | John Mayall |
| 2016 | The Memphis Jug Band |
| 2017 | Johnny Copeland |
| 2017 | Henry Gray |
| 2017 | Willie Johnson |
| 2017 | Latimore |
| 2017 | Magic Slim |
| 2017 | Mavis Staples |
| 2018 | The Aces |
| 2018 | Georgia Tom Dorsey |
| 2018 | Sam Lay |
| 2018 | Mamie Smith |
| 2018 | Roebuck "Pops" Staples |
| 2019 | Count Basie |
| 2019 | Booker T. & the M.G.'s |
| 2019 | Ida Cox |
| 2019 | Pee Wee Crayton |
| 2019 | Aretha Franklin |
| 2020–2021 | Eddie Boyd |
| 2020–2021 | Victoria Spivey |
| 2020–2021 | Billy Branch |
| 2020–2021 | Bettye LaVette |
| 2020–2021 | Syl Johnson |
| 2020–2021 | George "Harmonica" Smith |
| 2022 | Lucille Bogan |
| 2022 | Little Willie John |
| 2022 | Johnnie Taylor |
| 2023 | Carey Bell |
| 2023 | Junior Kimbrough |
| 2023 | Esther Phillips |
| 2023 | John Primer |
| 2023 | Snooky Pryor |
| 2023 | Fenton Robinson |
| 2023 | Josh White |
| 2024 | Sugar Pie DeSanto |
| 2024 | Lurrie Bell |
| 2024 | Odetta |
| 2024 | Jimmy Rushing |
| 2024 | Scrapper Blackwell |
| 2024 | O. V. Wright |
| 2024 | Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials |
| 2025 | Bob Stroger |
| 2025 | William Bell |
| 2025 | Blind Willie Johnson |
| 2025 | Henry Townshend |
| 2025 | Jessie Mae Hemphill |

### Non performers

List of non performers inducted :
| Year | Name |
| 1991 | Leonard Chess |
| 1994 | Bill "Hoss" Allen |
| 1994 | John Lomax |
| 1994 | Alan Lomax |
| 1994 | John Richbourg |
| 1994 | Gene Nobles |
| 1995 | Phil Chess |
| 1996 | Bob Koester |
| 1996 | Pete Welding |
| 1997 | Bruce Iglauer |
| 1998 | Lillian McMurry |
| 1998 | Sam Phillips |
| 1999 | Lester Melrose |
| 1999 | Chris Strachwitz |
| 2000 | Dick Waterman |
| 2001 | Theresa Needham |
| 2001 | Robert Palmer |
| 2002 | Jim O'Neal |
| 2003 | Ralph Bass |
| 2004 | J. Mayo Williams |
| 2005 | H. C. Speir |
| 2006 | Bihari brothers |
| 2006 | Bobby Robinson |
| 2006 | Jerry Wexler |
| 2007 | Ahmet Ertegun |
| 2007 | Art Rupe |
| 2008 | John Hammond |
| 2008 | Paul Oliver |
| 2009 | Clifford Antone |
| 2009 | Mike Leadbitter |
| 2009 | Bob Porter |
| 2010 | Peter Guralnick |
| 2010 | "Sunshine" Sonny Payne |
| 2011 | Bruce Bromberg |
| 2011 | Vivian Carter & James Bracken |
| 2011 | Samuel Charters |
| 2011 | John Wesley Work III |
| 2012 | Horst Lippmann & Fritz Rau |
| 2012 | Doc Pomus |
| 2012 | Pervis Spann |
| 2013 | Cosimo Matassa |
| 2013 | Dave Clark |
| 2013 | Henry Glover |
| 2014 | Mike Kappus |
| 2014 | Don Robey |
| 2014 | Dick Shurman |
| 2016 | Tommy Couch Sr. and Wolf Stephenson |
| 2017 | Amy van Singel |
| 2018 | Al Benson |
| 2019 | Moe Asch |
| 2020 | Ralph Peer |
| 2022 | Mary Katherine Aldin |
| 2022 | Otis Blackwell |
| 2023 | David Evans |
| 2024 | William R. Ferris |
| 2025 | Bob Geddins |

### Literature

List of books/magazines inducted :
| Year | Book/magazine | Author(s) | Years published |
| 1982 | Living Blues | | 1970–present |
| 1982 | Blues and Gospel Records 1902–1942 | Robert M.W. Dixon and John Godrich | 1964–1997 |
| 1982 | Blues Unlimited | | 1963–1987 |
| 1983 | Blues Who’s Who: A Biographical Dictionary of Blues Singers | Sheldon Harris | 1979 |
| 1985 | Blues Records 1943–1966 | Mike Leadbitter and Neil Slaven | 1968 |
| 1986 | Chicago Breakdown (Chicago Blues) | Mike Rowe | 1973–1981 |
| 1987 | The Story of the Blues | Paul Oliver | 1969 |
| 1988 | Blues Fell This Morning: Meaning in the Blues | Paul Oliver | 1960 |
| 1989 | Feel Like Going Home | Peter Guralnick | 1971 |
| 1990 | Big Bill Blues: William Broonzy’s Story as told to Yannick Bruynoghe [de] | Big Bill Broonzy | 1955 |
| 1991 | The Country Blues | Samuel Charters | 1959 |
| 1991 | Big Road Blues | David Evans | 1982 |
| 1992 | I Am the Blues: The Willie Dixon Story | Willie Dixon, Don Snowden | 1989 |
| 1993 | Urban Blues | Charles Keil | 1966 |
| 1994 | Nothing But the Blues: The Music and the Musicians | Lawrence Cohn | 1993 |
| 1995 | Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom | Peter Guralnick | 1986 |
| 1995 | Searching for Robert Johnson: The Life and Legend of the ‘King of the Delta Blues' | Peter Guralnick | 1989 |
| 1996 | The Land Where the Blues Began | Alan Lomax | 1993 |
| 1997 | Honkers and Shouters: The Golden Years of Rhythm & Blues | Arnold Shaw (author) | 1978 |
| 1998 | Blues from the Delta | William Ferris | 1970 |
| 1999 | The World Don't Owe Me Nothing | David "Honeyboy" Edwards | 1997 |
| 2000 | The Country Blues | Samuel Charters | 1959 |
| 2001 | Stormy Monday: The T-Bone Walker Story | Helen Oakley Dance | 1987 |
| 2002 | Spinning Blues Into Gold: The Chess Brothers and the Legendary Chess Records | Nadine Cohodas | 2000 |
| 2003 | Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters | Robert Gordon | 2002 |
| 2004 | Juke Blues magazine | | 1985–present |
| 2005 | Blues People: Negro Music in White America | Amiri Baraka | 1963 |
| 2006 | Blues & Rhythm magazine | | 1984–present |
| 2006 | Chasin' That Devil's Music | Gayle Dean Wardlow | 1998 |
| 2007 | Blues with a Feeling: The Little Walter Story | Tony Glover, Scott Dirks & Ward Gaines | 2002 |
| 2008 | Moanin' at Midnight: The Life and Times of Howlin' Wolf | James Segrest & Mark Hoffman | 2004 |
| 2011 | Walking to New Orleans: The Story of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues | John Broven | 1978 |
| 2012 | The Voice of the Blues | Jim O'Neal | 2002 |
| 2013 | Soulsville, U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records | Rob Bowman | 2003 |
| 2014 | Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke | Peter Guralnick | 2005 |
| 2016 | Early Downhome Blues: A Musical and Cultural Analysis | Jeff Todd Titon | 1977 |
| 2017 | Father of the Blues | W.C. Handy | 1941 |
| 2018 | I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy | Bob Reisman | 2011 |
| 2019 | Lost Delta Found: Rediscovering the Fisk University – Library of Congress Coahoma County Study, 1941–1942 | John Wesley Work III | 2005 |
| 2020 | Earl Hooker, Blues Master | Sebastian Danchin | 2001 |
| 2022 | Red River Blues: The Blues Tradition in the Southeast | Bruce Bastin | 1986 |
| 2023 | The Original Blues: The Emergence of the Blues in African American Vaudeville 1899-1926 | Lynn Abbott & Doug Seroff | 2017 |
| 2024 | Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday – Pantheon | Angela Davis | 1998 |
| 2025 | Woman With Guitar: Memphis Minnie's Blues – Da Capo Press | Beth and Paul Garon | 1998 |

### Albums

List of albums inducted :
| Year | Artist | Title | Record label | Release year | Album type | Notes |
| 1982 | Robert Johnson | King of the Delta Blues Singers | Columbia Records | 1961 | Compilation | |
| 1983 | B.B. King | Live at the Regal | ABC-Paramount Records | 1965 | Live | |
| 1983 | Muddy Waters | McKinley Morganfield A.K.A. Muddy Waters | Chess Records | 1971 | Compilation | |
| 1983 | Muddy Waters | The Best of Muddy Waters | Chess Records | 1958 | Greatest Hits | |
| 1983 | Charley Patton | Founder of the Delta Blues | Yazoo Records | 1970 | Compilation | |
| 1983 | Robert Johnson | King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. II | Columbia Records | 1970 | Compilation | |
| 1984 | Magic Sam | West Side Soul | Delmark Records | 1968 | Studio | |
| 1984 | Little Walter | Boss Blues Harmonica | Chess Records | 1972 | Compilation | |
| 1984 | Junior Wells | Hoodoo Man Blues | Delmark Records | 1965 | Studio | |
| 1985 | Howlin Wolf | Chester Burnett A.K.A. Howlin' Wolf | Chess Records | 1972 | Compilation | |
| 1985 | Howlin Wolf | Howlin Wolf | Chess Records | 1962 | Compilation | |
| 1985 | Albert King | Born Under a Bad Sign | Stax Records | 1967 | Compilation | |
| 1986 | Albert Collins | Ice Pickin | Alligator Records | 1978 | Studio | |
| 1986 | Willie Dixon | I Am the Blues | Columbia Records | 1970 | Studio | |
| 1986 | Albert King | Live Wire/Blues Power | Stax Records | 1968 | Live | |
| 1987 | Freddie King | Hide Away | King Records | 1969 | Compilation | |
| 1987 | Bobby "Blue" Bland | Two Steps from the Blues | Duke Records | 1961 | Compilation | |
| 1987 | Leroy Carr | Blues Before Sunrise | Columbia Records | 1962 | Compilation | |
| 1988 | Muddy Waters | Down on Stovall’s Plantation | Testament Records | 1966 | Compilation | |
| 1988 | Muddy Waters | The Chess Box | P-Vine Records | 1985 | Greatest Hits | |
| 1988 | Elmore James | The Original Flair & Meteor Sides | Ace Records | 1984 | Greatest Hits | |
| 1989 | Otis Rush | Right Place, Wrong Time | Bullfrog Records | 1976 | Studio | |
| 1989 | Bessie Smith | The World’s Greatest Blues Singer | Columbia Records | 1970 | Compilation | |
| 1989 | Albert Collins, Robert Cray & Johnny Copeland | Showdown! | Alligator Records | 1985 | Studio | |
| 1989 | Robert Nighthawk | Live on Maxwell Street 1964 | Rounder Records | 1980 | Live | |
| 1990 | Skip James | The Complete 1931 Session | Yazoo Records | 1986 | Compilation | |
| 1990 | Willie Dixon | The Chess Box | MCA Chess Records | 1989 | Greatest Hits | |
| 1990 | Magic Sam Blues Band | Black Magic | Delmark Records | 1969 | Studio | |
| 1991 | Muddy Waters | Can't Get No Grindin' | Chess Records | 1973 | Studio | The only Muddy Waters album in the Hall of Fame that was recorded as an album |
| 1991 | Various Artists | Chicago/The Blues/Today! | Vanguard Records | 1966 | Compilation | |
| 1991 | Little Walter | The Best of Little Walter | Checker Records | 1958 | Greatest Hits | |
| 1992 | Bukka White | Parchman Farm | Columbia Records | 1970 | Compilation | |
| 1992 | Robert Johnson | The Complete Recordings | Columbia/Legacy Records | 1990 | Greatest Hits | |
| 1992 | Champion Jack Dupree | Blues from the Gutter | Atlantic Records | 1958 | Studio | |
| 1992 | Son House | Father of the Folk Blues | Columbia Records | 1965 | Compilation | |
| 1993 | Jimmy Rogers | Chicago Bound | Chess Records | 1970 | Compilation | |
| 1994 | T-Bone Walker | The Complete Recordings of T-Bone Walker 1940–1954 | Mosaic Records | 1990 | Greatest Hits | |
| 1995 | Otis Spann | Otis Spann Is the Blues | Candid Records | 1961 | Studio | |
| 1995 | Big Joe Turner | The Boss of the Blues | Atlantic Records | 1956 | Studio | The oldest album on the list |
| 1996 | Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers | Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers | Alligator Records | 1971 | Studio | |
| 1997 | Paul Butterfield Blues Band | Paul Butterfield Blues Band | Elektra Records | 1965 | Studio | |
| 1998 | Albert King | I’ll Play the Blues for You | Stax Records | 1972 | Studio | |
| 1999 | Junior Wells | Blues Hit Big Town | Delmark Records | 1977 | Compilation | |
| 2000 | Mississippi Fred McDowell | Mississippi Delta Blues | Arhoolie Records | 1964 | Compilation | |
| 2001 | Muddy Waters | The Complete Plantation Recordings | MCA Chess Records | 1993 | Compilation | |
| 2002 | B.B. King | Live in Cook County Jail | ABC Records | 1971 | Live | |
| 2003 | Junior Wells | It's My Life Baby! | Vanguard Records | 1966 | Studio | |
| 2005 | Z. Z. Hill | Down Home | Malaco Records | 1982 | Studio | |
| 2006 | Charley Patton | Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton | Revenant Records | 2001 | Greatest Hits | The latest album on the list |
| 2006 | Mississippi Fred McDowell | I Do Not Play No Rock 'n' Roll | Capitol Records | 1970 | Studio | McDowell's first album that featured electric guitar |
| 2006 | Etta James | Tell Mama | Cadet Records | 1968 | Studio | |
| 2007 | Junior Parker | Driving Wheel | Duke Records | 1962 | Studio | |
| 2007 | Sonny Boy Williamson II | Down and Out Blues | Checker Records | 1960 | Compilation | |
| 2007 | Robert Pete Williams & others | Angola Prisoners' Blues | Louisiana Folklore Society Arhoolie Records | 1959 | Studio | |
| 2008 | Bobby Bland | Members Only | Malaco Records | 1985 | Studio | |
| 2008 | Big Joe Williams | Piney Woods Blues | Delmark Records | 1958 | Compilation | |
| 2008 | Etta James | Etta James Rocks the House | Argo Records | 1964 | Live | |
| 2008 | Jimmy Reed | I'm Jimmy Reed | Vee-Jay Records | 1958 | Studio | |
| 2008 | Freddie King | Freddy King Sings | King Records | 1961 | Studio | |
| 2009 | Various Artists | Blues with a Feeling | Vanguard Records | 1993 | Live | Recorded at the Newport Folk Festival in 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1968 |
| 2009 | Alberta Hunter | Amtrak Blues | Columbia Records | 1978 | Studio | |
| 2009 | T-Bone Walker | T-Bone Blues | Atlantic Records | 1959 | Studio | |
| 2010 | Robert Cray | Strong Persuader | Mercury Records | 1986 | Studio | |
| 2010 | Fenton Robinson | I Hear Some Blues Downstairs | Alligator Records | 1977 | Studio | |
| 2010 | Lowell Fulson | Hung Down Head | Chess Records | 1970 | Compilation | |
| 2011 | Sam Cooke | Night Beat | RCA Victor | 1963 | Studio | |
| 2011 | Robert Cray | False Accusations | HighTone Records | 1985 | Studio | |
| 2011 | Howlin' Wolf | The Real Folk Blues | Chess Records | 1965 | Compilation | |
| 2012 | Buddy Guy | Damn Right, I've Got the Blues | Silvertone Records | 1991 | Studio | |
| 2012 | The Robert Cray Band | Bad Influence | HighTone Records | 1983 | Studio | |
| 2013 | Howlin' Wolf | More Real Folk Blues | Chess Records | 1967 | Compilation | |
| 2013 | Louis Jordan | Louis Jordan’s Greatest Hits | Decca Records | 1969 | Greatest Hits | |
| 2013 | Henry Thomas | Complete Recorded Works/Texas Worried Blues | Herwin Records Yazoo Records | 1975/1989 | Greatest Hits | |
| 2014 | Howlin' Wolf | Moanin’ in the Moonlight | Chess Records | 1959 | Compilation | |
| 2014 | J.B. Hutto | Hawk Squat | Delmark Records | 1969 | Studio | |
| 2016 | Alan Lomax | Blues in the Mississippi Night | Nixa Records United Artists Records | 1957/1959 | Studio | |
| 2017 | John Lee Hooker | Real Folk Blues | Chess Records | 1966 | Studio | |
| 2018 | B.B. King | Blues Is King | BluesWay Records | 1967 | Live |
| 2019 | Elmore James | The Sky Is Crying | Sphere Sound Records | 1965 | |
| 2020 | Howlin' Wolf | The Chess Box | Chess Records | 1991 | Compilation | |
| 2022 | Bo Diddley | Bo Diddley | Chess Records | 1958 | Studio | |
| 2023 | Little Walter | The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967) | Hip-O Select | 2009 | Compilation | |
| 2024 | Bobby Bland | Here's the Man! | Duke Records | 1962 | Studio |
| 2025 | Lightnin' Hopkins | Gold Star Sessions | Arhoolie Records | 1990-91 | Compilation |

### Singles/album tracks

List of singles/album tracks inducted :
| Year | Artist | Title | Record label | Release year | Notes |
| 1983 | Big Maceo | "Worried Life Blues" | Bluebird Records | 1941 | |
| 1983 | Elmore James | "Dust My Broom" | Trumpet Records | 1951 | |
| 1983 | Robert Johnson | "Sweet Home Chicago" | Vocalion | 1936 | |
| 1983 | Robert Johnson | "Hellhound on My Trail" | Vocalion | 1937 | |
| 1983 | T-Bone Walker | "Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)" | Black & White Records | 1947 | |
| 1984 | Muddy Waters | "Got My Mojo Working" | Chess Records | 1960 | From At Newport 1960 |
| 1984 | Muddy Waters | "Hoochie Coochie Man" | Chess Records | 1954 | |
| 1984 | Guitar Slim | "The Things That I Used to Do" | Specialty Records | 1953 | |
| 1985 | John Lee Hooker | "Boogie Chillen'" | Modern Records | 1948 | |
| 1985 | B.B. King | "The Thrill Is Gone" | ABC Bluesway Records | 1969 | Peaked at #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 |
| 1985 | Howlin Wolf | "Smoke Stack Lightning" | Chess Records | 1956 | |
| 1986 | Robert Johnson | "Cross Road Blues" | Vocalion | 1936 | |
| 1986 | Little Walter | "Juke" | Checker Records | 1952 | Harmonica instrumental |
| 1986 | Muddy Waters | "Manish Boy" | Chess Records | 1955 | |
| 1987 | Tommy Johnson | "Big Road Blues" | Victor Records | 1928 | |
| 1987 | Sonny Boy Williamson II | "Help Me" | Checker Records | 1963 | |
| 1987 | Percy Mayfield | "Please Send Me Someone to Love" | Specialty Records | 1950 | |
| 1988 | Leroy Carr | "How Long, How Long Blues" | Vocalion Records | 1928 | |
| 1988 | Charley Patton | "Pony Blues" | Paramount Records | 1929 | |
| 1988 | Albert King | "Born Under a Bad Sign" | Stax Records | 1967 | |
| 1989 | Robert Johnson | "Come On in My Kitchen" | Vocalion | 1936 | |
| 1989 | Muddy Waters | "Long Distance Call" | Chess Records | 1951 | |
| 1989 | Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers | "Driftin' Blues" | Philo Records | 1945 | |
| 1990 | Robert Johnson | "Terraplane Blues" | Vocalion | 1936 | |
| 1990 | Sonny Boy Williamson I | "Good Morning, School Girl" | Bluebird Records | 1937 | |
| 1990 | Jimmy Reed | "Big Boss Man" | Vee-Jay Records | 1960 | |
| 1991 | Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats | Rocket 88 | Chess Records | 1951 | |
| 1991 | Sonny Boy Williamson II | "Nine Below Zero" | Trumpet Records | 1951 | |
| 1991 | Elmore James | "The Sky Is Crying" | Fire Records | 1959 | |
| 1991 | Howlin Wolf | "Killing Floor" | Chess Records | 1964 | |
| 1992 | Blind Willie McTell | "Statesboro Blues" | Victor Records | 1928 | Popularized by the Allman Brothers Band in 1971 |
| 1992 | Big Joe Williams | "Baby, Please Don't Go" | Bluebird Records | 1935 | |
| 1993 | Lowell Fulson | "Reconsider Baby" | Checker Records | 1954 | |
| 1994 | Larry Davis | "Texas Flood" | Duke Records | 1958 | Popularized by Stevie Ray Vaughan in 1983 |
| 1994 | Otis Rush | "I Can't Quit You Baby" | Cobra Records | 1956 | |
| 1995 | Koko Taylor | "Wang Dang Doodle" | Checker Records | 1965 | First recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1960 |
| 1996 | Sonny Boy Williamson II | "Don't Start Me Talkin'" | Checker Records | 1955 | |
| 1997 | Slim Harpo | "Baby Scratch My Back" | Excello Records | 1965 | |
| 1998 | Junior Wells | "Messin' with the Kid" | Chief Records | 1960 | |
| 1999 | Blind Willie Johnson | "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" | Columbia Records | 1927 | Solo slide guitar instrumental |
| 2000 | Z.Z. Hill | "Down Home Blues" | Malaco Records | 1982 | The latest song on the list |
| 2001 | Big Joe Turner | "Shake, Rattle and Roll" | Atlantic Records | 1954 | |
| 2002 | St. Louis Jimmy Oden | "Goin' Down Slow" | Bluebird Records | 1941 | |
| 2003 | Little Johnny Taylor | "Part Time Love" | Galaxy Records | 1964 | |
| 2004 | Jimmy Reed | "Baby What You Want Me to Do" | Vee-Jay Records | 1959 | |
| 2004 | Slim Harpo | "Rainin in my Heart" | Excello Records | 1961 | |
| 2005 | Charles Brown | "Black Night" | Aladdin Records | 1951 | |
| 2006 | Bill Doggett | "Honky Tonk, Parts 1 & 2" | King Records (United States) | 1956 | Instrumental |
| 2006 | Skip James | "Devil Got My Woman" | Paramount Records | 1931 | |
| 2006 | Big Mama Thornton | "Hound Dog" | Peacock Records | 1952 | Popularized by Elvis Presley in 1956 |
| 2007 | Son House | "Death Letter" | Columbia Records | 1965 | |
| 2007 | Freddie King | "Hide Away" | Federal Records | 1961 | Electric guitar instrumental |
| 2007 | Robert Nighthawk | "Black Angel Blues" | Aristocrat Records | 1949 | First recorded by Lucille Bogan in 1930 |
| 2008 | Otis Rush | "Double Trouble" | Cobra Records | 1958 | Stevie Ray Vaughan's band name was inspired by the song. |
| 2008 | Little Walter | "My Babe" | Checker Records | 1955 | |
| 2008 | Bessie Smith | "Backwater Blues" | Columbia Records | 1927 | |
| 2009 | Louis Jordan | "Caldonia" | Decca Records | 1945 | |
| 2009 | Mississippi Sheiks | "Sitting on Top of the World" | Okeh Records | 1930 | |
| 2009 | John Lee Hooker | "Boom Boom" | Vee-Jay Records | 1961 | |
| 2010 | Howlin' Wolf | "Spoonful" | Chess Records | 1960 | |
| 2010 | Little Willie John | "Fever" | King Records | 1956 | |
| 2010 | Otis Rush | "All Your Love (I Miss Loving)" | Cobra Records | 1958 | |
| 2010 | Blind Lemon Jefferson | "Match Box Blues" | Paramount Records | 1927 | |
| 2010 | Big Bill Broonzy | "Key to the Highway" | Okeh Records | 1941 | |
| 2011 | Eddie Boyd | "Five Long Years" | J.O.B. Records | 1952 | |
| 2011 | Skip James | "Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues" | Paramount Records | 1931 | |
| 2011 | Robert Johnson | "Love in Vain" | Vocalion Records | 1937 | |
| 2011 | Jimmy Witherspoon | "Ain't Nobody's Business" | Supreme | 1947 | First recorded by Anna Meyers in 1922 |
| 2012 | Tampa Red | "It Hurts Me Too" | Bluebird Records | 1940 | |
| 2012 | Magic Sam | "All Your Love" | Cobra Records | 1957 | |
| 2012 | Pine Top Smith | "Pine Top's Boogie Woogie" | Vocalion Records | 1928 | |
| 2013 | Howlin' Wolf | "How Many More Years" | Chess Records | 1951 | |
| 2013 | Louis Jordan | "Let the Good Times Roll" | Decca Records | 1946 | |
| 2013 | Tommy Johnson | "Canned Heat Blues" | Victor Records | 1928 | Blues rock group Canned Heat took their name from the song |
| 2013 | Memphis Minnie | "Me and My Chauffeur Blues" | Okeh Records | 1941 | |
| 2014 | Tampa Red & Georgia Tom | "It's Tight Like That" | Vocalion | 1928 | |
| 2014 | Kokomo Arnold | "Milk Cow Blues" | Decca Records | 1934 | |
| 2014 | Charley Patton | "High Water Everywhere, Parts I & II" | Paramount Records | 1930 | |
| 2014 | Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra | "After Hours" | Bluebird Records | 1940 | |
| 2014 | Robert Petway | "Catfish Blues" | Bluebird Records | 1941 | |
| 2016 | Mamie Smith | "Crazy Blues" | Okeh Records | 1920 | The oldest song on the list |
| 2016 | Jimmy Rogers | "That's All Right" | Chess Records | 1950 | |
| 2016 | Billy Boy Arnold | "I Wish You Would" | Vee-Jay Records | 1955 | |
| 2016 | Johnny Moore's Three Blazers | "Merry Christmas Baby" | Exclusive Records | 1947 | The first Christmas song in the Hall of Fame |
| 2016 | Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell | "Blues Before Sunrise" | Vocalion | 1934 | |
| 2017 | Bo Diddley | "Bo Diddley" | Checker Records | 1955 | First Bo Diddley song to use the Bo Diddley beat |
| 2017 | Tommy Tucker | "Hi-Heel Sneakers" | Chess Records | 1963 | |
| 2017 | Howlin' Wolf | "I Ain't Superstitious" | Chess Records | 1961 | |
| 2017 | Albert King | "I'll Play the Blues For You" | Stax Records | 1971 | |
| 2017 | Son House | "Preachin' the Blues" | Paramount Records | 1930 | |
| 2018 | Albert King | "Cross Cut Saw" | Stax Records | 1966 | First recorded by Tommy McClennan in 1941 |
| 2018 | Booker T. & the M.G.'s | "Green Onions" | Stax Records | 1962 | Instrumental |
| 2018 | Bo Diddley | "I'm a Man" | Checker Records | 1955 | |
| 2018 | Big Joe Turner | "Roll 'Em Pete" | Vocalion | 1938 | |
| 2018 | Ma Rainey | "See See Rider Blues" | Paramount Records | 1924 | |
| 2019 | Ray Charles | "I Got a Woman" | Atlantic Records | 1954 | |
| 2019 | B.B. King | "Every Day I Have the Blues" | RPM | 1954 | |
| 2019 | Muddy Waters | "Rollin' Stone" | Chess Records | 1950 | |
| 2019 | Elmore James | "Shake Your Moneymaker" | Fire Records | 1961 | |
| 2019 | Bessie Smith | "The St. Louis Blues" | Columbia Records | 1925 | One of the first blues songs to succeed as a pop song |
| 2020 | Arthur Crudup | "That's All Right" | RCA Victor | 1946 | |
| 2020 | Ruth Brown | "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" | Atlantic Records | 1952 | |
| 2020 | Bertha Hill | "Trouble in Mind" | Okeh Records | 1926 | |
| 2020 | Willie Brown | "Future Blues" | Paramount Records | 1930 | |
| 2020 | B.B. King | "3 O'Clock Blues" | RPM | 1951 | |
| 2022 | Sonny Boy Williamson II | "Eyesight to the Blind" | Trumpet Records | 1951 | Popularized by The Who in 1969 |
| 2022 | Bobby "Blue" Bland | "Farther Up the Road" | Duke Records | 1957 | Peaked at #43 on the Billboard Chart |
| 2022 | Roy Brown | "Good Rocking Tonight" | De Luxe | 1947 | |
| 2022 | B.B. King | "Rock Me Baby" | Kent Records | 1964 | Peaked at #34 on the Billboard Hot 100 |
| 2022 | Baby Face Leroy Trio | "Rollin' and Tumblin'" | Parkway Records | 1950 | |
| 2023 | Lowell Fulson | "Black Nights" | Kent Records | 1965 | |
| 2023 | Freddy King | "I'm Tore Down" | Federal Records | 1961 | |
| 2023 | Lightnin' Hopkins | "Mojo Hand" | Fire Records | 1960 | |
| 2023 | Son House | "My Black Mama" | Paramount Records | 1930 | |
| 2023 | Howlin' Wolf | "The Red Rooster" (Little Red Rooster) | Chess Records | 1961 | |
| 2024 | Junior Parker | "Driving Wheel" | Duke Records | 1961 | |
| 2024 | Billy Boy Arnold | "I Ain't Got You" | Vee-Jay Records | 1955 | |
| 2024 | Jazz Gillum | "Key to the Highway" | Bluebird Records | 1940 | |
| 2024 | Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown | "Okie Dokie Stomp" | Peacock Records | 1954 | |
| 2024 | Lil Green | "Why Don't You Do Right?" | Bluebird Records | 1941 | |
| 2025 | Bessie Smith | "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" | Columbia Records | 1923 | |
| 2025 | Sylvester Weaver | "Guitar Rag" | Okeh Records | 1923 | |
| 2025 | Irma Thomas | "Don't Mess with My Man" | Ron Records | 1959 | |
| 2025 | B.B. King | "Why I Sing the Blues" | BluesWay Records | 1969 | |
| 2025 | Blind Lemon Jefferson | "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" | Paramount Records | 1927 | |

## Sources

* "Award Winners and Nominees". Blues Foundation. Retrieved November 16, 2021: Select "Blues Hall of Fame" & "Search" for a complete list or add year and/or category for a partial list{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)