Blues Hall of Fame
The Blues Hall of Fame is a music museum located at 421 S. Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee. Initially, the "Blues Hall of Fame" was not a physical building, but a listing of people who have significantly contributed to blues music. Started in 1980 by the Blues Foundation, it honors those who have performed, recorded, or documented blues. The actual building for the hall opened to the public on May 8, 2015.
Inductees
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
- Sonny Boy Williamson II
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
1985
- Chuck Berry
- Buddy Guy
- J. B. Hutto
- Slim Harpo
1986
- Albert Collins
- Tommy Johnson
- Lead Belly
1987
- Percy Mayfield
- Eddie Taylor
- Sonny Terry
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
- Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Sunnyland Slim
- Leonard Chess
1992
- Skip James
- Johnny Shines
- Big Joe Williams
1993
- Champion Jack Dupree
- Lowell Fulson
1994
- Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
- Wynonie Harris
- Bill "Hoss" Allen
- John Lomax
- Alan Lomax
- John Richbourg
- Gene Nobles
1995
- Jimmy Rogers
- Leonard Chess
- Phil Chess
1996
- Charles Brown
- David "Honeyboy" Edwards
- Bob Koester
- Pete Welding
1997
- Brownie McGhee
- Koko Taylor
- Bruce Iglauer
1998
- Luther Allison
- Junior Wells
- Lillian McMurry
- Sam Phillips
1999
- Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
- Roosevelt Sykes
- Lester Melrose
- Chris Strachwitz
2000
- Johnny Otis
- Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Dick Waterman
2001
- Etta James
- Little Junior Parker
- Rufus Thomas
- Theresa Needham
- Robert Palmer
2002
- Ruth Brown
- Big Maceo Merriweather
- Jim O'Neal
2003
- Fats Domino
- Nick Gravenites
- Pinetop Perkins
- Sippie Wallace
- Dinah Washington
- Ralph Bass
2004
- Bo Diddley
- Blind Boy Fuller
- J. Mayo Williams
2005
- Walter Davis
- Ike Turner
- H. C. Speir
2006
- Paul Butterfield
- James Cotton
- Roy Milton
- Bobby Rush
- Bihari brothers
- Bobby Robinson
- Jerry Wexler
2007
- Dave Bartholomew
- Dr. John
- Eddie “Guitar Slim” Jones
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- Ahmet Ertegun
- Art Rupe
2008
- Jimmy McCracklin
- Mississippi Sheiks
- Hubert Sumlin
- Johnny "Guitar" Watson
- Peetie Wheatstraw
- Jimmy Witherspoon
- John Hammond
- Paul Oliver
2009
- Reverend Gary Davis
- Son Seals
- Taj Mahal
- Irma Thomas
- Clifford Antone
- Mike Leadbitter
- Bob Porter
2010
- Lonnie Brooks
- Gus Cannon
- W. C. Handy
- Amos Milburn
- Charlie Musselwhite
- Bonnie Raitt
- Peter Guralnick
- "Sunshine" Sonny Payne
2011
- Big Maybelle
- Robert Cray
- John P. Hammond
- Alberta Hunter
- Denise LaSalle
- J. B. Lenoir
- Bruce Bromberg
- Vivian Carter & James Bracken
- Samuel Charters
- John Wesley Work III
2012
- Billy Boy Arnold
- Mike Bloomfield
- Buddy Johnson & Ella Johnson
- Lazy Lester
- Furry Lewis
- Matt "Guitar" Murphy
- Frank Stokes
- Allen Toussaint
- Horst Lippmann & Fritz Rau
- Doc Pomus
- Pervis Spann
2013
- Otis Clay
- Earl Hooker
- Little Brother Montgomery
- Jimmie Rodgers
- Jody Williams
- Joe Louis Walker
- Cosimo Matassa
- Dave Clark
- Henry Glover
2014
- Big Jay McNeely
- Eddie Shaw
- Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
- R. L. Burnside
- Robert Pete Williams
- Mike Kappus
- Don Robey
- Dick Shurman
2015
- Eric Clapton
- Little Richard
- Tommy Brown
2016
- Elvin Bishop
- Eddy Clearwater
- Jimmy Johnson
- John Mayall
- The Memphis Jug Band
- Tommy Couch Sr. and Wolf Stephenson
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