Title: Blues Hall of Fame Content: 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