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