From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Blues Hall of Fame
Blues Hall of Fame
The Blues Hall of Fame is a listing of people who have • Ma Rainey
significantly contributed to blues music. Started in 1980 • Big Joe Turner
by the Blues Foundation, it honors those who have per-
formed, recorded, or documented blues. 1984
• Otis Rush
Inductees • Hound Dog Taylor
• Big Mama Thornton
1980 • B.B. King
• Big Bill Broonzy 1985
• Willie Dixon
• John Lee Hooker • Chuck Berry
• Lightnin’ Hopkins • Buddy Guy
• Son House • J. B. Hutto
• Howlin’ Wolf • Slim Harpo
• Elmore James
• Blind Lemon Jefferson 1986
• Robert Johnson • Albert Collins
• B. B. King • Tommy Johnson
• Sam Lay • Lead Belly
• Little Walter • Sonny Terry
• Memphis Minnie
• Muddy Waters 1987
• Charley Patton • Percy Mayfield
• Jimmy Reed • Eddie Taylor
• Bessie Smith
• Otis Spann 1988
• T-Bone Walker
• Mississippi John Hurt
• Sonny Boy Williamson I
• Little Milton
• Sonny Boy Williamson II
• Jay McShann
• Johnny Winter
1981
• Bobby "Blue" Bland 1989
• Roy Brown
• Clifton Chenier
• Blind Willie McTell
• Robert Lockwood, Jr.
• Professor Longhair
• Memphis Slim
• Tampa Red
1990
1982
• Blind Blake
• Leroy Carr
• Lonnie Johnson
• Ray Charles
• Bukka White
• Big Walter Horton
• Freddie King
1991
• Magic Sam
• Sleepy John Estes
1983 • Billie Holiday
• Fred McDowell
• Louis Jordan
• Sunnyland Slim
• Albert King
• Robert Nighthawk
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Blues Hall of Fame
1992 2000
• Skip James • Johnny Otis
• Johnny Shines • Stevie Ray Vaughan
• Big Joe Williams Non Performer:
• Dick Waterman
1993
• Champion Jack Dupree 2001
• Lowell Fulson • Etta James
• Little Junior Parker
1994 • Rufus Thomas
• Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup Non Performers:
• Wynonie Harris • Theresa Needham
Non Performers: • Robert Palmer
• Bill "Hoss" Allen
• John Lomax 2002
• Alan Lomax • Ruth Brown
• John Richbourg • Big Maceo Merriweather
• Gene Nobles Non Performer:
• Jim O’Neal
1995
• Jimmy Rogers 2003
Non Performers: • Fats Domino
• Leonard Chess • Pinetop Perkins
• Phil Chess • Sippie Wallace
• Dinah Washington
1996 Non Performer:
• Charles Brown • Ralph Bass
• David "Honeyboy" Edwards
Non Performers: 2004
• Bob Koester • Bo Diddley
• Pete Welding • Blind Boy Fuller
Non Performer:
1997 • J. Mayo Williams
• Brownie McGhee
• Koko Taylor 2005
Non Performer: • Walter Davis
• Bruce Iglauer • Ike Turner
Non Performer:
1998 • H. C. Speir
• Luther Allison
• Junior Wells 2006
Non Performers: • Paul Butterfield
• Lillian Shedd McMurry • James Cotton
• Sam Phillips • Roy Milton
• Bobby Rush
1999 Non Performers:
• Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown • Bihari Brothers
• Roosevelt Sykes • Bobby Robinson
Non Performers: • Jerry Wexler
• Lester Melrose
• Chris Strachwitz 2007
• Dave Bartholomew
• Dr. John
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• Eddie “Guitar Slim” Jones 2010
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe
• Lonnie Brooks
Non Performers:
• Gus Cannon
• Ahmet Ertegün
• W. C. Handy
• Art Rupe
• Amos Milburn
• Charlie Musselwhite
2008 • Bonnie Raitt
• Jimmy McCracklin Non Performers:
• Mississippi Sheiks • Peter Guralnick
• Hubert Sumlin • "Sunshine" Sonny Payne
• Johnny "Guitar" Watson
• Peetie Wheatstraw 2011
• Jimmy Witherspoon
• Big Maybelle
Non Performers:
• Robert Cray
• John Hammond
• John Hammond, Jr.
• Paul Oliver
• Alberta Hunter
• Denise LaSalle
2009 • J. B. Lenoir
• Reverend Gary Davis Non Performers:
• Son Seals • Bruce Bromberg
• Taj Mahal • Vivian Carter & Jimmy Bracken
• Irma Thomas • Samuel Charters
Non Performers: • John W. Work III
• Clifford Antone
• Mike Leadbitter
• Bob Porter External links
• Blues Foundation’s Blues Hall of Fame
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Categories:
• Blues music awards
• Music halls of fame
• Halls of fame in Tennessee
• National halls of fame in the United States
• Hall of fame inductees
• Awards established in 1980
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