The Gospel Music Hall of Fame, created in 1971 by the Gospel Music Association, is a Hall of Fame dedicated exclusively to recognizing meaningful contributions by individuals and groups in all forms of gospel music.
This is an incomplete list of those inducted into the GMA's Gospel Music Hall of Fame, listed alphabetically with the year of induction. Many of these were honored posthumously for their contribution in gospel music.
Lula Collins (1975)
Doris Akers (2001)
Brown Bannister (2014)
Eugene Monroe Bartlett (1973)
James Blackwood, Sr. – founder of The Blackwood Brothers, National Quartet Convention (1974)
Pat Boone (2003)
Shirley Caesar (2000)
Ralph Carmichael president of Lexicon Music, Light Records (1985)
Johnny Cash (2010)
James B. Coats - songwriter (1992)
Fanny Crosby – songwriter (1975)
Andrae Crouch (1998)
Thomas A. Dorsey (1982)
Tennessee Ernie Ford (1994)
John Wallace Fowler (1984)
Aretha Franklin (2012)
Bill Gaither (1983)
Gloria Gaither (1997)
Vestal Goodman (2004)
Amy Grant (2003)
Al Green (2004)
Keith Green (2001)
Stuart Hamblen (1994)
Larnelle Harris (2007)
Jake Hess (1987)
Billy Ray Hearn – founded Myrrh Records (1997)
Connie Hopper (2010)
Claude Hopper (2015)
Mahalia Jackson (1978)
Kurt Kaiser – producer, songwriter, and director of Word Music (2001)
Phil Keaggy (2007)
Haldor Lillenas – publisher (1982)
John Newton – songwriter, Amazing Grace lyricist (1982)
Larry Norman (2001)
Dolly Parton (2009)
Sandi Patty (2004)
John W. Peterson – songwriter (1986)
Roger Bennett (2007)
Dottie Rambo (1992)
Homer Rodeheaver – Billy Sunday's music director (1973)
Richard Smallwood (2006)
Michael W. Smith (2009)
Ira D. Sankey – publisher (1979–80)
George Beverly Shea (1978)
Ricky Skaggs (2012)
J.D. Sumner (1984)
Charles Davis Tillman – pioneer of southern gospel music (1993)
Evie Tornquist (2005)
Albertina Walker (2001)
Ethel Waters (1984)
Charles Wesley – songwriter (1995)
Cassidy Lusk–songwriter (2006)
The Blackwood Brothers (1998)
The Blind Boys of Alabama (2002)
Cathedral Quartet (1999)
DeGarmo & Key (2010)
The Fairfield Four (1999)
Fisk Jubilee Singers (2000)
The Hoppers (2012)
Bill Gaither Trio (1999)
The Imperials (1998)
The Jordanaires (1998)
The Kingsmen (2000)
Mighty Clouds of Joy (1999)
Truth (2000)
Petra (2000)
The Rambos (2001)
Second Chapter of Acts (1999)
The Singing LeFevres (1998)
The Statler Brothers (2007)
The Winans (2007)
Take 6 (2014)
Gaither Vocal Band (2014)
Billy Graham was inducted to the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1999 for providing a platform to many Christian artists who have had the honor of performing at the Billy Graham events. Graham has preached the gospel to over 210 million people in more than 185 countries and territories. These artists include: Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, Sandi Patty, Larnelle Harris, Steven Curtis Chapman, dc Talk, Jars of Clay. Others associated with Graham's ministries are also inductees: George Beverly Shea (soloist of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Team); Cliff Barrows (music director and choirmaster for all Billy Graham Evangelistic Campaigns); Ralph Carmichael (producer for the music in Billy Graham films such as "Mr. Texas", "For Pete's Sake", "The Restless Ones", and "His Lane"); and singers Ethel Waters and Stuart Hamblen.
