Wikipedia Atom feed Search Last modified on 14 May 2014, at 19:17 Blues Hall of Fame The Blues Hall of Fame is 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. 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 Sonny Terry 1987 Percy Mayfield Eddie Taylor 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 1992 Skip James Johnny Shines Big Joe Williams 1993 Champion Jack Dupree Lowell Fulson 1994 Arthur Big Boy Crudup Wynonie Harris Non Performers: Bill Hoss Allen John Lomax Alan Lomax John Richbourg Gene Nobles 1995 Jimmy Rogers Non Performers: Leonard Chess Phil Chess 1996 Charles Brown David Honeyboy Edwards Non Performers: Bob Koester Pete Welding 1997 Brownie McGhee Koko Taylor Non Performer: Bruce Iglauer 1998 Luther Allison Junior Wells Non Performers: Lillian McMurry Sam Phillips 1999 Clarence Gatemouth Brown Roosevelt Sykes Non Performers: Lester Melrose Chris Strachwitz 2000 Johnny Otis Stevie Ray Vaughan Non Performer: Dick Waterman 2001 Etta James Little Junior Parker Rufus Thomas Non Performers: Theresa Needham Robert Palmer 2002 Ruth Brown Big Maceo Merriweather Non Performer: Jim ONeal 2003 Fats Domino Pinetop Perkins Sippie Wallace Dinah Washington Non Performer: Ralph Bass 2004 Bo Diddley Blind Boy Fuller Non Performer: J. Mayo Williams 2005 Walter Davis Ike Turner Non Performer: H. C. Speir 2006 Paul Butterfield James Cotton Roy Milton Bobby Rush Non Performers: Bihari brothers Bobby Robinson Jerry Wexler 2007 Dave Bartholomew Dr. John Eddie “Guitar Slim” Jones Sister Rosetta Tharpe Non Performers: Ahmet Ertegun Art Rupe 2008 Jimmy McCracklin Mississippi Sheiks Hubert Sumlin Johnny Guitar Watson Peetie Wheatstraw Jimmy Witherspoon Non Performers: John Hammond Paul Oliver 2009 Reverend Gary Davis Son Seals Taj Mahal Irma Thomas Non Performers: Clifford Antone Mike Leadbitter Bob Porter 2010 Lonnie Brooks Gus Cannon W. C. Handy Amos Milburn Charlie Musselwhite Bonnie Raitt Non Performers: Peter Guralnick Sunshine Sonny Payne 2011 Big Maybelle Robert Cray John P. Hammond Alberta Hunter Denise LaSalle J. B. Lenoir Non Performers: 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 Non Performers: Chris Albertson Horst Lippmann & Fritz Rau Doc Pomus Pervis Spann 2013 Earl Hooker Jimmie Rodgers Jody Williams Joe Louis Walker Little Brother Montgomery Otis Clay Non Performers: Cosimo Matassa Dave Clark Henry Glover 2014 Dick Shurman Don Robey Mike Kappus Big Jay McNeely Eddie Shaw Eddie Cleanhead Vinson R. L. Burnside Robert Pete Williams References Inductees — 1980 to present. Blues Hall of Fame. The Blues Foundation. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
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