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 
Blues music
American music history