Blues Hall of Fame

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 Bihari

2005
Ike Turner
Walter Davis
Non 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 Parker
Non Performers:
Theresa Needham
Robert Palmer

2000
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)