# Blues Hall of Fame

La Blues Hall of Fame è una lista di persone ed artisti che hanno contribuito in modo significativo alla musica blues. Fu istituita nel 1980 dalla Blues Foundation per onorare coloro che hanno suonato, registrato o contribuito al diffondersi del blues e della sua cultura.

## Lista artisti inclusi per anno
### 1980

* Big Bill Broonzy
* Willie Dixon
* John Lee Hooker
* Lightnin' Hopkins
* Son House
* Howlin' Wolf
* Elmore James
* Blind Lemon Jefferson
* Robert Johnson
* B. B. King
* Sam Lay
* Little Walter
* Memphis Minnie
* Muddy Waters
* Charley Patton
* Jimmy Reed
* Bessie Smith
* Otis Spann
* T-Bone Walker
* Sonny Boy Williamson I
* Sonny Boy Williamson II

### 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

### 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
* Bill "Hoss" Allen
* John Lomax
* Alan Lomax
* John Richbourg
* Gene Nobles

### 1995

* Jimmy Rogers
* Leonard Chess
* Phil Chess

### 1996

* Charles Brown
* David "Honeyboy" Edwards
* Bob Koester
* Pete Welding

### 1997

* Brownie McGhee
* Koko Taylor
* Bruce Iglauer

### 1998

* Luther Allison
* Junior Wells
* Lillian Shedd McMurry
* Sam Phillips

### 1999

* Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
* Roosevelt Sykes
* Lester Melrose
* Chris Strachwitz

### 2000

* Johnny Otis
* Stevie Ray Vaughan
* Dick Waterman

### 2001

* Etta James
* Little Junior Parker
* Rufus Thomas
* Theresa Needham
* Robert Palmer

### 2002

* Ruth Brown
* Big Maceo Merriweather
* Jim O'Neal

### 2003

* Fats Domino
* Pinetop Perkins
* Sippie Wallace
* Dinah Washington
* Ralph Bass

### 2004

* Bo Diddley
* Blind Boy Fuller
* J. Mayo Williams

### 2005

* Walter Davis
* Ike Turner
* H. C. Speir

### 2006

* Paul Butterfield
* James Cotton
* Roy Milton
* Bobby Rush
* Bihari Brothers
* Bobby Robinson
* Jerry Wexler

### 2007

* Dave Bartholomew
* Dr. John
* Eddie “Guitar Slim” Jones
* Sister Rosetta Tharpe
* Ahmet Ertegün
* Art Rupe

### 2008

* Jimmy McCracklin
* Mississippi Sheiks
* Hubert Sumlin
* Johnny "Guitar" Watson
* Peetie Wheatstraw
* Jimmy Witherspoon
* John Hammond
* Paul Oliver

### 2009

* Reverend Gary Davis
* Son Seals
* Taj Mahal
* Irma Thomas
* Clifford Antone
* Mike Leadbitter
* Bob Porter

### 2010

* Lonnie Brooks
* Gus Cannon
* W. C. Handy
* Amos Milburn
* Charlie Musselwhite
* Bonnie Raitt
* Peter Guralnick
* "Sunshine" Sonny Payne

### 2011

* Big Maybelle
* Robert Cray
* John P. Hammond
* Alberta Hunter
* Denise LaSalle
* J. B. Lenoir
* Bruce Bromberg
* Vivian Carter & Jimmy Bracken
* Samuel Charters
* John W. Work III

### 2012

* Billy Boy Arnold
* Mike Bloomfield
* Buddy Johnson & Ella Johnson
* Lazy Lester
* Furry Lewis
* Matt "Guitar" Murphy
* Frank Stokes
* Allen Toussaint
* Chris Albertson
* Horst Lippmann & Fritz Rau
* Doc Pomus
* Pervis Spann

### 2013

* Earl Hooker
* Jimmie Rodgers
* Jodie Williams
* Joe Louis Walker
* Little Brother Montgomery
* Otis Clay
* Cosimo Matassa
* Dave Clark
* Henry Glover

### 2014

* Dick Shurman
* Don Robey
* Mike Kappus
* Big Jay McNeely
* Eddie Shaw
* Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
* R. L. Burnside
* Robert Pete Williams