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Blues Hall of Fame

Blues Hall of Fame, 2016

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• “[[Space:Blues Hall of Fame|Blues Hall of Fame]] Inductees ” database (https://blues.org// : accessed 10 Apr 2023) Blues Hall of Fame - Inductees

... ... ... was featured in Blues Hall of Fame, 1983.

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Inductees

C = Connected / NC = Not Connected

Year	Group	Profile ID	Name	Born	Died	Image	C NC
1980		Bradley-14521	Lee Conley Bradley	1903	1958		NC
		Dixon-5622	William James Dixon	1915	1992		NC
		Hooker-2684	John Lee Hooker	1917	2001		NC
			Lightnin' Hopkins
			Son House
			Howlin' Wolf
			Elmore James
			Blind Lemon Jefferson
			Robert Johnson
			B.B. King
			Little Walter
			Lizzie Douglas	1897	1973
			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
		Nelson-29970	Albert King	1923	1992		NC
			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
			Leonard Chess[1]
			Sunnyland Slim
1992			Skip James
			Johnny Shines
			Big Joe Williams
1993			Champion Jack Dupree
			Lowell Fulson
1994			Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
			Bill "Hoss" Allen[1]
			John Lomax[1]
			Alan Lomax[1]
			John Richbourg[1]
			Gene Nobles[1]
			Wynonie Harris
1995			Phil Chess[1]
			Jimmy Rogers
1996			Charles Brown
			David "Honeyboy" Edwards
			Bob Koester[1]
			Pete Welding[1]
1997			Brownie McGhee
			Koko Taylor
			Bruce Iglauer[1]
1998			Luther Allison
			Junior Wells
			Lillian McMurry[1]
			Sam Phillips[1]
1999			Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
			Roosevelt Sykes
			Lester Melrose[1]
			Chris Strachwitz[1]
2000			Johnny Otis
			Stevie Ray Vaughan
			Dick Waterman[1]
2001			Etta James
			Little Junior Parker
			Rufus Thomas
			Theresa Needham[1]
			Robert Palmer[1]
2002			Jim O'Neal[1]
			Ruth Brown
			Big Maceo Merriweather
2003			Fats Domino
			Pinetop Perkins
			Sippie Wallace
			Dinah Washington
			Ralph Bass[1]
2004			J. Mayo Williams[1]
			Bo Diddley
			Blind Boy Fuller
2005			Walter Davis
			Ike Turner
			H. C. Speir[1]
2006			Bihari brothers[1]
			Bobby Robinson[1]
			Jerry Wexler[1]
			Paul Butterfield
			James Cotton
			Roy Milton
			Bobby Rush
2007			Dave Bartholomew
			Dr. John
			Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones
			Sister Rosetta Tharpe
			Ahmet Ertegun[1]
			Art Rupe[1]
2008			John Hammond[1]
			Paul Oliver[1]
			Jimmy McCracklin
			Mississippi Sheiks
			Hubert Sumlin
			Johnny "Guitar" Watson
			Peetie Wheatstraw
			Jimmy Witherspoon
2009			Reverend Gary Davis
			Son Seals
			Taj Mahal
			Irma Thomas
			Clifford Antone[1]
			Mike Leadbitter[1]
			Bob Porter[1]
2010			Peter Guralnick[1]
			"Sunshine" Sonny Payne[1]
			Lonnie Brooks
			Gus Cannon
		Handy-1155	W. C. Handy	1873	1958		NC
			Amos Milburn
			Charlie Musselwhite
			Bonnie Raitt
2011			Big Maybelle
			Robert Cray
			John P. Hammond
			Alberta Hunter
			Denise LaSalle
			J. B. Lenoir
			Bruce Bromberg[1]
			Vivian Carter[1]
			James Bracken[1]
			Samuel Charters[1]
			John Wesley Work III[1]
2012			Horst Lippmann[1]
			Fritz Rau[1]
			Doc Pomus[1]
			Pervis Spann[1]
			Billy Boy Arnold
			Mike Bloomfield
			Buddy Johnson
			Ella Johnson
			Lazy Lester
			Furry Lewis
			Matt "Guitar" Murphy
			Frank Stokes
			Allen Toussaint
2013			Otis Clay
			Earl Hooker
			Little Brother Montgomery
			Jimmie Rodgers
			Jody Williams
			Joe Louis Walker
			Cosimo Matassa[1]
			Dave Clark[1]
			Henry Glover[1]
2014			Big Jay McNeely
			Eddie Shaw
			Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
			R. L. Burnside
			Robert Pete Williams
			Mike Kappus[1]
			Don Robey[1]
			Dick Shurman[1]
2015			Eric Clapton
			Little Richard
			Tommy Brown
2016			Elvin Bishop
			Eddy Clearwater
			Jimmy Johnson
			John Mayall
	The Memphis Jug Band		Lizzie Douglas	1897	1973
			Hattie Hart (maybe Bolton)	1900	1946
			Johnny Hodges	1907	1970
			Charlie Burse
			Will Shade
			Tommy Couch Sr[1]
			Wolf Stephenson[1]
2017			Johnny Copeland
			Henry Gray
			Willie Johnson
			Latimore
			Magic Slim
			Mavis Staples
			Amy van Singel[1]
2018			The Aces
			Georgia Tom Dorsey
			Sam Lay
			Mamie Smith
			Roebuck "Pops" Staples
			Al Benson[1]
2019			Count Basie
	Booker T. & the M.G.'s		Booker T. Jones
			Steve Cropper
			Al Jackson Jr.
			Lewie Steinberg
			Donald "Duck" Dunn
			Bobby Manuel
			Carson Whitsett
			Willie Hall
			Steve Jordan
			Steve Potts
			Ida Cox
			Pee Wee Crayton
		Franklin-10479	Aretha Franklin	1942	2018		C
			Moe Asch[1]
2020 2021			Ralph Peer[1]
			Eddie Boyd
			Victoria Spivey
			Billy Branch
			Bettye LaVette
			Syl Johnson
			George "Harmonica" Smith
2022			Lucille Bogan
			Little Willie John
			Johnnie Taylor
			Mary Katherine Aldin[1]
			Otis Blackwell[1]

See also:

• the Mississippi Blues Trail page
• African-American Blues Musicians page

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 1.41 1.42 1.43 1.44 1.45 1.46 1.47 1.48 1.49 1.50 1.51 1.52 1.53 1.54 1.55} * inducted as a non-performer