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 Ertegun
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