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 Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine