Blues Hall of Fame#Inductees
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The Blues Hall of Fame is a music museum operated by the Blues Foundation 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, it honors people who have performed, recorded, or documented blues. The museum opened to the public on May 8, 2015.
Inductees
= Performers =
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= Non performers =
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+List of non performers inducted ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Name |
| 1991 |
| rowspan="5" |1994 |
| John Lomax |
| Alan Lomax |
| John Richbourg |
| Gene Nobles |
| 1995 |
| rowspan="2" |1996 |
| Pete Welding |
| 1997 |
| rowspan="2" |1998 |
| Sam Phillips |
| rowspan="2" |1999 |
| Chris Strachwitz |
| 2000 |
| rowspan="2" |2001 |
| Robert Palmer |
| 2002 |
| 2003 |
| 2004 |
| 2005 |
| rowspan="3" |2006 |
| Bobby Robinson |
| Jerry Wexler |
| rowspan="2" |2007 |
| Art Rupe |
| rowspan="2" |2008 |
| Paul Oliver |
| rowspan="3" |2009 |
| Mike Leadbitter |
| Bob Porter |
| rowspan="2" |2010 |
| "Sunshine" Sonny Payne |
| rowspan="4" |2011 |
| Vivian Carter & James Bracken |
| Samuel Charters |
| John Wesley Work III |
| rowspan="3" |2012 |
| Doc Pomus |
| Pervis Spann |
| rowspan="3" |2013 |
| Dave Clark |
| Henry Glover |
| rowspan="3" |2014 |
| Don Robey |
| Dick Shurman |
| 2016 |
| 2017 |
| 2018 |
| 2019 |
| 2020 |
| rowspan="2" |2022
|Mary Katherine Aldin |
| Otis Blackwell |
| 2023 |
| 2024 |
| 2025 |
= Literature =
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+List of books/magazines inducted ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Book/magazine ! scope="col" | Author(s) ! scope="col" | Years published |
| rowspan="3" |1982
| |1970–present |
| Blues and Gospel Records 1902–1942
|Robert M.W. Dixon and John Godrich |1964–1997 |
| Blues Unlimited
| |1963–1987 |
| 1983
|Blues Who’s Who: A Biographical Dictionary of Blues Singers |1979 |
| 1985
|Blues Records 1943–1966 |Mike Leadbitter and Neil Slaven |1968 |
| 1986
|Chicago Breakdown (Chicago Blues) |Mike Rowe |1973–1981 |
| 1987
|The Story of the Blues |1969 |
| 1988
|Blues Fell This Morning: Meaning in the Blues |1960 |
| 1989
|Feel Like Going Home |1971 |
| 1990
|Big Bill Blues: William Broonzy’s Story as told to {{ill|Yannick Bruynoghe|de}} |1955 |
| rowspan="2" |1991
|1959 |
| Big Road Blues
|1982 |
| 1992
|I Am the Blues: The Willie Dixon Story |Willie Dixon, Don Snowden |1989 |
| 1993
|Urban Blues |Charles Keil |1966 |
| 1994
|Nothing But the Blues: The Music and the Musicians |1993 |
| rowspan="2" |1995
|Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom |1986 |
| Searching for Robert Johnson: The Life and Legend of the ‘King of the Delta Blues'
|1989 |
| 1996
|The Land Where the Blues Began |1993 |
| 1997
|Honkers and Shouters: The Golden Years of Rhythm & Blues |1978 |
| 1998
|Blues from the Delta |1970 |
| 1999
|The World Don't Owe Me Nothing |1997 |
| 2000
|1959 |
| 2001
|Stormy Monday: The T-Bone Walker Story |1987 |
| 2002
|Spinning Blues Into Gold: The Chess Brothers and the Legendary Chess Records |Nadine Cohodas |2000 |
| 2003
|Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters |2002 |
| 2004
|Juke Blues magazine | |1985–present |
| 2005
|Blues People: Negro Music in White America |1963 |
| rowspan="2" |2006
|Blues & Rhythm magazine | |1984–present |
| Chasin' That Devil's Music
|1998 |
| 2007
|Blues with a Feeling: The Little Walter Story |Tony Glover, Scott Dirks & Ward Gaines |2002 |
| 2008
|Moanin' at Midnight: The Life and Times of Howlin' Wolf |James Segrest & Mark Hoffman |2004 |
| 2011
|Walking to New Orleans: The Story of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues |1978 |
| 2012
|The Voice of the Blues |2002 |
| 2013
|Soulsville, U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records |2003 |
| 2014
|Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke |2005 |
| 2016
|Early Downhome Blues: A Musical and Cultural Analysis |1977 |
| 2017
|Father of the Blues |1941 |
| 2018
|I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy |Bob Reisman |2011 |
| 2019
|Lost Delta Found: Rediscovering the Fisk University{{snd}}Library of Congress Coahoma County Study, 1941–1942 |2005 |
| 2020
|Sebastian Danchin |2001 |
| 2022
|Red River Blues: The Blues Tradition in the Southeast |1986 |
| 2023
|The Original Blues: The Emergence of the Blues in African American Vaudeville 1899-1926 |Lynn Abbott & Doug Seroff |2017 |
| 2024
|Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday |1998 |
| 2025
|Woman With Guitar: Memphis Minnie's Blues |1998 |
= Albums =
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+List of albums inducted ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Artist ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Record label ! scope="col" | Release year ! scope="col" | Album type ! scope="col" | Notes |
| 1982
|King of the Delta Blues Singers |1961 | |
| rowspan="5" |1983
|1965 |Live | |
| rowspan="2" |Muddy Waters
|McKinley Morganfield A.K.A. Muddy Waters |1971 | |
| The Best of Muddy Waters
|1958 | |
| Charley Patton
|Founder of the Delta Blues |1970 | |
| Robert Johnson
|King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. II |1970 | |
| rowspan="3" |1984
|1968 | |
| Little Walter
|Boss Blues Harmonica |1972 | |
| Junior Wells
|1965 | |
| rowspan="3" |1985
| rowspan="2" |Howlin Wolf |Chester Burnett A.K.A. Howlin' Wolf |1972 | |
| Howlin Wolf
|Chess Records |1962 | |
| Albert King
|1967 | |
| rowspan="3" |1986
|1978 | |
| Willie Dixon
|1970 | |
| Albert King
|1968 |Live | |
| rowspan="3" |1987
|Hide Away |1969 | |
| Bobby "Blue" Bland
|1961 | |
| Leroy Carr
|Blues Before Sunrise |1962 | |
| rowspan="3" |1988
| rowspan="2" |Muddy Waters |Down on Stovall’s Plantation |1966 | |
| The Chess Box
|1985 | |
| Elmore James
|The Original Flair & Meteor Sides |1984 | |
| rowspan="4" |1989
|Bullfrog Records |1976 | |
| Bessie Smith
|The World’s Greatest Blues Singer |1970 | |
| Albert Collins, Robert Cray & Johnny Copeland
|1985 | |
| Robert Nighthawk
|Live on Maxwell Street 1964 |1980 |Live | |
| rowspan="3" |1990
|The Complete 1931 Session |1986 | |
| Willie Dixon
|The Chess Box |1989 | |
| Magic Sam Blues Band
|1969 |Studio | |
| rowspan="3" |1991
|1973 |The only Muddy Waters album in the Hall of Fame that was recorded as an album |
| Various Artists
|1966 | |
| Little Walter
|1958 | |
| rowspan="4" |1992
|Parchman Farm |1970 | |
| Robert Johnson
|1990 | |
| Champion Jack Dupree
|1958 | |
| Son House
|Father of the Folk Blues |1965 | |
| 1993
|Chicago Bound |1970 | |
| 1994
|The Complete Recordings of T-Bone Walker 1940–1954 |1990 | |
| rowspan="2" |1995
|1961 | |
| Big Joe Turner
|1956 |The oldest album on the list |
| 1996
|Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers |Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers |1971 | |
| 1997
|1965 | |
| 1998
|1972 | |
| 1999
|Blues Hit Big Town |1977 | |
| 2000
|Mississippi Delta Blues |1964 | |
| 2001
|The Complete Plantation Recordings |1993 | |
| 2002
|1971 |Live | |
| 2003
|It's My Life Baby! |1966 | |
| 2005
|Down Home |1982 | |
| rowspan="3" |2006
|Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton |2001 |The latest album on the list |
| Mississippi Fred McDowell
|I Do Not Play No Rock 'n' Roll |1970 |McDowell's first album that featured electric guitar |
| Etta James
|1968 | |
| rowspan="3" |2007
|Driving Wheel |1962 | |
| Sonny Boy Williamson II
|1960 | |
| Robert Pete Williams & others
|Angola Prisoners' Blues |Louisiana Folklore Society |1959 | |
| rowspan="5" |2008
|Members Only |1985 | |
| Big Joe Williams
|Piney Woods Blues |1958 | |
| Etta James
|1964 |Live | |
| Jimmy Reed
|1958 | |
| Freddie King
|1961 | |
| rowspan="3" |2009
|Blues with a Feeling |1993 |Live |Recorded at the Newport Folk Festival in 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1968 |
| Alberta Hunter
|Amtrak Blues |1978 | |
| T-Bone Walker
|T-Bone Blues |1959 | |
| rowspan="3" |2010
|1986 | |
| Fenton Robinson
|I Hear Some Blues Downstairs |1977 | |
| Lowell Fulson
|Hung Down Head |1970 | |
| rowspan="3" |2011
|1963 | |
| Robert Cray
|1985 | |
| Howlin' Wolf
|1965 | |
| rowspan="2" |2012
|Damn Right, I've Got the Blues |1991 | |
| The Robert Cray Band
|1983 | |
| rowspan="3" |2013
|1967 | |
| Louis Jordan
|Louis Jordan’s Greatest Hits |1969 | |
| Henry Thomas
|Complete Recorded Works/Texas Worried Blues |1975/1989 | |
| rowspan="2" |2014
|1959 | |
| J.B. Hutto
|Hawk Squat |1969 | |
| 2016
|Blues in the Mississippi Night |1957/1959 | |
| 2017
|1966 | |
| 2018
|1967 |Live |
| 2019
|1965 | |
| 2020
|The Chess Box |1991 | |
| 2022
|1958 | |
| 2023
|The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967) |2009 | |
| rowspan="1" |2024
|1962 |
| rowspan="1" |2025
|1990-91 |
= Singles/album tracks =
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+List of singles/album tracks inducted ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Artist ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Record label ! scope="col" | Release year ! scope="col" | Notes |
| rowspan="5" |1983
|1941 | |
| Elmore James
|1951 | |
| rowspan="2" |Robert Johnson
|1936 | |
| "Hellhound on My Trail"
|1937 | |
| T-Bone Walker
|"Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)" |1947 | |
| rowspan="3" |1984
| rowspan="2" |Muddy Waters |1960 |From At Newport 1960 |
| "Hoochie Coochie Man"
|1954 | |
| Guitar Slim
|"The Things That I Used to Do" |1953 | |
| rowspan="3" |1985
|1948 | |
| B.B. King
|1969 |Peaked at #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 |
| Howlin Wolf
|1956 | |
| rowspan="3" |1986
|1936 | |
| Little Walter
|"Juke" |1952 |Harmonica instrumental |
| Muddy Waters
|"Manish Boy" |1955 | |
| rowspan="3" |1987
|"Big Road Blues" |1928 | |
| Sonny Boy Williamson II
|"Help Me" |1963 | |
| Percy Mayfield
|"Please Send Me Someone to Love" |1950 | |
| rowspan="3" |1988
|1928 | |
| Charley Patton
|"Pony Blues" |1929 | |
| Albert King
|1967 | |
| rowspan="3" |1989
|1936 | |
| Muddy Waters
|1951 | |
| Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers
|1945 | |
| rowspan="3" |1990
|1936 | |
| Sonny Boy Williamson I
|1937 | |
| Jimmy Reed
|"Big Boss Man" |1960 | |
| rowspan="4" |1991
|Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats |1951 | |
| Sonny Boy Williamson II
|"Nine Below Zero" |1951 | |
| Elmore James
|1959 | |
| Howlin Wolf
|1964 | |
| rowspan="2" |1992
|1928 |Popularized by the Allman Brothers Band in 1971 |
| Big Joe Williams
|1935 | |
| 1993
|1954 | |
| rowspan="2" |1994
|"Texas Flood" |1958 |Popularized by Stevie Ray Vaughan in 1983 |
| Otis Rush
|1956 | |
| 1995
|1965 |First recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1960 |
| 1996
|1955 | |
| 1997
|1965 | |
| 1998
|1960 | |
| 1999
|"Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" |1927 |Solo slide guitar instrumental |
| 2000
|"Down Home Blues" |1982 |The latest song on the list |
| 2001
|1954 | |
| 2002
|1941 | |
| 2003
|1964 | |
| rowspan="2" |2004
|"Baby What You Want Me to Do" |1959 | |
| Slim Harpo
|1961 | |
| 2005
|"Black Night" |1951 | |
| rowspan="3" |2006
|1956 |Instrumental |
| Skip James
|"Devil Got My Woman" |1931 | |
| Big Mama Thornton
|"Hound Dog" |1952 |Popularized by Elvis Presley in 1956 |
| rowspan="3" |2007
|"Death Letter" |1965 | |
| Freddie King
|"Hide Away" |1961 |Electric guitar instrumental |
| Robert Nighthawk
|1949 |First recorded by Lucille Bogan in 1930 |
| rowspan="3" |2008
|Otis Rush |1958 |Stevie Ray Vaughan's band name was inspired by the song. |
| Little Walter
|"My Babe" |1955 | |
| Bessie Smith
|1927 | |
| rowspan="3" |2009
|"Caldonia" |1945 | |
| Mississippi Sheiks
|"Sitting on Top of the World" |1930 | |
| John Lee Hooker
|"Boom Boom" |1961 | |
| rowspan="5" |2010
|"Spoonful" |1960 | |
| Little Willie John
|"Fever" |1956 | |
| Otis Rush
|"All Your Love (I Miss Loving)" |1958 | |
| Blind Lemon Jefferson
|1927 | |
| Big Bill Broonzy
|1941 | |
| rowspan="4" |2011
|1952 | |
| Skip James
|"Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues" |1931 | |
| Robert Johnson
|"Love in Vain" |1937 | |
| Jimmy Witherspoon
|1947 |First recorded by Anna Meyers in 1922 |
| rowspan="3" |2012
|1940 | |
| Magic Sam
|"All Your Love" |1957 | |
| Pine Top Smith
|"Pine Top's Boogie Woogie" |1928 | |
| rowspan="4" |2013
|1951 | |
| Louis Jordan
|1946 | |
| Tommy Johnson
|"Canned Heat Blues" |1928 |Blues rock group Canned Heat took their name from the song |
| Memphis Minnie
|1941 | |
| rowspan="5" |2014
|1928 | |
| Kokomo Arnold
|1934 | |
| Charley Patton
|"High Water Everywhere, Parts I & II" |1930 | |
| Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra
|"After Hours" |1940 | |
| Robert Petway
|1941 | |
| rowspan="5" |2016
|"Crazy Blues" |1920 |The oldest song on the list |
| Jimmy Rogers
|1950 | |
| Billy Boy Arnold
|1955 | |
| Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
|1947 |The first Christmas song in the Hall of Fame |
| Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell
|"Blues Before Sunrise" |1934 | |
| rowspan="5" |2017
|"Bo Diddley" |1955 |First Bo Diddley song to use the Bo Diddley beat |
| Tommy Tucker
|1963 | |
| Howlin' Wolf
|1961 | |
| Albert King
|"I'll Play the Blues For You" |1971 | |
| Son House
|"Preachin' the Blues" |1930 | |
| rowspan="5" |2018
|1966 |First recorded by Tommy McClennan in 1941 |
| Booker T. & the M.G.'s
|"Green Onions" |1962 |Instrumental |
| Bo Diddley
|"I'm a Man" |1955 | |
| Big Joe Turner
|1938 | |
| Ma Rainey
|1924 | |
| rowspan="5" |2019
|1954 | |
| B.B. King
|RPM |1954 | |
| Muddy Waters
|1950 | |
| Elmore James
|1961 | |
| Bessie Smith
|1925 |One of the first blues songs to succeed as a pop song |
| rowspan="5" |2020
|1946 | |
| Ruth Brown
|"(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" |1952 | |
| Bertha Hill
|1926 | |
| Willie Brown
|"Future Blues" |1930 | |
| B.B. King
|RPM |1951 | |
| rowspan="5" |2022
|1951 |Popularized by The Who in 1969 |
| Bobby "Blue" Bland
|1957 |Peaked at #43 on the Billboard Chart |
| Roy Brown
|1947 | |
| B.B. King
|"Rock Me Baby" |1964 |Peaked at #34 on the Billboard Hot 100 |
| Baby Face Leroy Trio
|Parkway Records |1950 | |
| rowspan="5" |2023
|"Black Nights" |1965 | |
| Freddy King
|1961 | |
| Lightnin' Hopkins
|"Mojo Hand" |1960 | |
| Son House
|"My Black Mama" |1930 | |
| Howlin' Wolf
|"The Red Rooster" (Little Red Rooster) |1961 | |
| rowspan="5" |2024
|1961 | |
| Billy Boy Arnold
|"I Ain't Got You" |1955 | |
| Jazz Gillum
|1940 | |
| Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
|"Okie Dokie Stomp" |1954 | |
| Lil Green
|1941 | |
| rowspan="5" |2025
|"Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" |1923 | |
| Sylvester Weaver
|"Guitar Rag" |1923 | |
| Irma Thomas
|"Don't Mess with My Man" |1959 | |
| B.B. King
|1969 | |
| Blind Lemon Jefferson
|"See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" |1927 | |
Sources
- {{cite web
| url = https://www.blues.org/awards/
| title = Award Winners and Nominees
| website = Blues Foundation
| access-date = November 16, 2021
| postscript =: Select "Blues Hall of Fame" & "Search" for a complete list or add year and/or category for a partial list
}}
References
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External links
- [https://blues.org Blues Foundation official website]
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