- Blues Hall of Fame
__NOTOC__The Blues Hall of Fame is a listing of people who have significantly contributed to
blues music. Started in1980 by theBlues Foundation , it honors those who have performed, recorded, or documented blues.Inductees
2007 *
Dave Bartholomew
*Dr. John
*Eddie “Guitar Slim” Jones
*Sister Rosetta Tharpe Non-Performers:
*Art Rupe
*Ahmet Ertegün 2006 *
Paul Butterfield
*James Cotton
* Bobby Rush
*Roy Milton Non-Performers:
*Bobby Robinson
*Jerry Wexler
*Joe, Jules, Lester, and Saul Bihari2005 *
Ike Turner
*Walter DavisNon Performer:
*H. C. Speir 2004 *
Bo Diddley
*Blind Boy Fuller Non Performer:
*J. Mayo Williams 2003 *
Fats Domino
*Pinetop Perkins
*Dinah Washington
*Sippie Wallace Non Performer:
*Ralph Bass 2002 *
Big Maceo Merriweather
*Ruth Brown Non Performer
*Jim O'Neal 2001 *
Rufus Thomas
*Etta James
*Little Junior ParkerNon Performers:
*Theresa Needham
*Robert Palmer2000 *
Johnny Otis
*Stevie Ray Vaughan Non Performer:
*Dick Waterman 1999 *
Roosevelt Sykes
*Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown Non Performers:
*Chris Strachwitz
*Lester Melrose 1998 *
Luther Allison
*Junior Wells Non Performers:
*Lillian Shedd McMurry
*Sam Phillips 1997 *
Brownie McGhee
*Koko Taylor Non Performer:
*Bruce Iglauer 1996 *Charles Brown
*David Honeyboy Edwards Non Performers:
*Pete Welding
*Bob Koester 1995 *
Jimmy Rogers Non Performers :
*Leonard Chess
*Phil Chess 1994 *Arthur Big Boy Crudup
*Wynonie Harris Non Performers :
*Bill "Hoss" Allen
*John Lomax
*Alan Lomax
*John Richbourg
*Gene Nobles 1993 *
Champion Jack Dupree
*Lowell Fulson 1992 *
Skip James
*Johnny Shines
*Big Joe Williams 1991 *
Sleepy John Estes
*Billie Holiday
*Fred McDowell
*Sunnyland Slim 1990 *
Blind Blake
*Lonnie Johnson
*Bukka White 1989 *
Clifton Chenier
*Robert Lockwood, Jr.
*Memphis Slim 1988 *
Mississippi John Hurt
*Little Milton
*Jay McShann
*Johnny Winter 1987 *
Percy Mayfield
*Eddie Taylor
*Sonny Terry 1986 *
Albert Collins
*Tommy Johnson
*Lead Belly 1985 *
Chuck Berry
*Buddy Guy
*J.B. Hutto
*Slim Harpo 1984 *
Big Mama Thornton
*Hound Dog Taylor
*Otis Rush 1983 *
Louis Jordan
*Albert King
*Robert Nighthawk
*Ma Rainey
*Big Joe Turner 1982 *
Leroy Carr
*Ray Charles
*Big Walter Horton
*Freddie King
*Magic Sam 1981 *
Bobby Blue Bland
*Roy Brown
*Blind Willie McTell
*Professor Longhair
*Tampa Red 1980 *
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)External links
* [http://www.blues.org/halloffame Blues Foundation's Blues Hall of Fame]
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