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+1 901-527-2583

Blues Hall of Fame

Address
  
421 S Main St, Memphis, TN 38103, USA

Hours
  
Open today · 1–5PMSunday1–5PMMonday10AM–5PMTuesday10AM–5PMWednesday10AM–5PMThursday10AM–5PMFriday10AM–5PMSaturday10AM–5PM

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The Blues Hall of Fame is a music museum located 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 by the Blues Foundation, it honors those who have performed, recorded, or documented blues. The actual building for the hall opened to the public on May 8, 2015.

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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
  • 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
  • Sunnyland Slim
  • Non Performer:

  • Leonard Chess
  • 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 O'Neal
  • 2003

  • Fats Domino
  • Nick Gravenites
  • 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

  • Otis Clay
  • Earl Hooker
  • Little Brother Montgomery
  • Jimmie Rodgers
  • Jody Williams
  • Joe Louis Walker
  • Non Performers:

  • Cosimo Matassa
  • Dave Clark
  • Henry Glover
  • 2014

  • Big Jay McNeely
  • Eddie Shaw
  • Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
  • R. L. Burnside
  • Robert Pete Williams
  • Non Performers:

  • Mike Kappus
  • Don Robey
  • Dick Shurman
  • 2015

  • Eric Clapton
  • Little Richard
  • Tommy Brown
  • 2016

  • Elvin Bishop
  • Eddy Clearwater
  • Jimmy Johnson
  • John Mayall
  • The Memphis Jug Band
  • Non-performers

  • Tommy Couch, Sr. and Wolf Stephenson
  • References

    Blues Hall of Fame Wikipedia