Blues Hall of Fame
award by Blues Foundation, since 2015 also a music museum in Memphis, Tennessee
The Blues Hall of Fame is a list of people who are important in the development of blues music. The Hall is part of the Blues Foundation, and honors people who have performed, recorded, or documented blues.
InducteesEdit
1980Edit
- Jimi Hendrix
- 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)
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2008Edit
- Jimmy McCracklin
- Mississippi Sheiks
- Hubert Sumlin
- Johnny "Guitar" Watson
- Peetie Wheatstraw
- Jimmy Witherspoon
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2010Edit
- Lonnie Brooks
- Gus Cannon and Cannon's Jug Stompers
- W. C. Handy
- Amos Milburn
- Charlie Musselwhite
- Bonnie Raitt
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