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. Blues music redirects here. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The Blues Foundation is an American nonprofit corporation headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee that is affiliated with more than 135 Blues organizations, and with a membership spanning some twenty countries. ...

Inductees

2006

• Paul Butterfield
• James Cotton
• Bobby Rush
• Roy Milton

2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Paul Butterfield (December 17, 1942 – May 4, 1987) was an American blues harmonica player and singer, and one of the earliest Caucasian exponents of the Chicago-originated electric blues style. ... James Cotton (born July 1, 1935 in Tunica, Mississippi), is an American blues harmonica player, singer, and songwriter who is the bandleader for the James Cotton Blues Band. ... Compilation album cover Roy Milton (b 31 July 1907, Wynnewood, Oklahoma – d 18 September 1983, Los Angeles) was an American R&B singer, drummer and bandleader. ...

2005

• Ike Turner
• Walter Davis

2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ike Turner (born Izear Luster Turner Jr. ...

2004

• Bo Diddley
• Blind Boy Fuller

2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bo Diddleys emphasis on rhythm largely influenced popular music, especially that of rock and roll in the 1960s. ... Blind Boy Fuller (born Fulton Allen) was an American blues guitarist and vocalist. ...

2003

• Fats Domino
• Pinetop Perkins
• Dinah Washington
• Sippie Wallace

2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fats Domino Antoine Dominique Fats Domino (born February 26, 1928 or possibly May 10, 1929 in New Orleans, Louisiana), is a classic R&B and rock and roll singer, songwriter and pianist. ... Pinetop Perkins (born Joe Willie Perkins in 1913) is an American blues musician from Mississippi. ... Dinah Washington Dinah Washington (August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) an American blues, jazz, and gospel singer. ... Sippie Wallace, born as Beulah Thomas (1 November 1898 - 1 November 1986) was a United States blues singer, songwriter, and pianist. ...

2002

• Big Maceo Merriweather
• Ruth Brown

For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Big Maceo Merriweather (b. ... Ruth Brown (b. ...

2001

• Rufus Thomas
• Etta James
• Little Junior Parker

2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Rufus 1990 album for Alligator Records, That Woman Is Poison! Rufus Thomas (March 26, 1917 – December 15, 2001) was a rhythm and blues and soul singer from Memphis, Tennessee, who recorded on Sun Records in the 1950s and on Stax Records in the 1960s and 1970s. ... Etta James on the cover of one of her albums Etta James (b. ... Junior Parkers style influenced early rockabilly artists, such as Elvis Presley. ...

2000

• Johnny Otis
• Stevie Ray Vaughan

This article is about the year 2000. ... Johnny Otis Johnny Otis (born Ioannis (Yannis) Veliotes on December 28, 1921 in Vallejo, California) is an American blues and rhythm and blues pianist, vibraphonist, drummer, singer, bandleader, and impresario. ... Stephen (Stevie) Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990), born in Dallas, Texas, was an American blues guitarist, credited with reviving interest in blues in the 1980s. ...

1999

• Roosevelt Sykes
• Clarence Gatemouth Brown

1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Old Farts by the Sometimes-United Nations. ... Roosevelt Sykes (January 31, 1906 in Elmar, Arkansas - July 17, 1983 in New Orleans, Louisiana) was an American blues musician also known as Honeydripper. ... American blues and Tex-Mex musician Clarence Gatemouth Brown (April 18, 1924–September 10, 2005) was a highly acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, who played a impressive array of instruments such as guitar, fiddle, mandolin, viola as well as harmonica and drums. ...

1998

• Luther Allison
• Junior Wells

1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Luther Allison (August 17, 1939–August 12, 1997) was an American blues guitarist. ... Junior Wells (December 9, 1934 - January 15, 1998), real name Amos Blackmore, was a blues harmonica player based in Chicago who was famous for playing with Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Magic Sam, Lonnie Brooks, the Rolling Stones and Van Morrison. ...

1997

• Brownie McGhee
• Koko Taylor

1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Walter Brownie McGhee (November 30, 1915 - February 16, 1996) was a folk-blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaborations with the harmonica player Sonny Terry. ... Koko Taylor (Undated photograph) Koko Taylor sometimes called KoKo Taylor (born September 28, 1935 as Cora Walton, on a farm just outside Memphis, Tennessee) is an American blues musician, popularly known as the Queen of the Blues. ...

1996

• Charles Brown
• David Honeyboy Edwards

1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Charles Brown (September 13, 1922 – January 21, 1999) was an American blues singer and pianist, originally a member of The Blazers. ... David Honeyboy Edwards was born in Shaw, Mississippi on June 28, 1915. ...

1995

• Jimmy Rogers

1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jimmy Rogers (June 3, 1924 - December 19, 1997) is a blues guitarist best known for his work as a member of Muddy Waters band of the 1950s. ...

1994

• Arthur Big Boy Crudup
• Wynonie Harris

1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Arthur Big Boy Crudup (August 24, 1905 – March 28, 1974) was a delta blues singer and guitarist. ... Wynonie Mr. ...

1993

• Champion Jack Dupree
• Lowell Fulson

1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... William Thomas Dupree, best known as Champion Jack Dupree, was an American blues pianist. ... Big-voiced guitar player in the West Coast tradition, Oklahoma-born Lowell Fulson (1921—2005) joined Texas Alexander at the age of eighteen, but later moved to California, forming a band which soon included a young Ray Charles. ...

1992

• Skip James
• Johnny Shines
• Big Joe Williams

1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Nehemiah Curtis Skip James (June 21, 1902 – October 3, 1969) was an American blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter. ... Johnny Shines (1915-1992) was an American blues guitarist. ... Big Joe Williams (October 16, 1903 - December 17, 1982) was an American blues musician and songwriter, known for his characteristic style of guitar-playing, his nine-string guitar, and his bizarre, cantankerous personality. ...

1991

• Sleepy John Estes
• Billie Holiday
• Fred McDowell
• Sunnyland Slim

1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Adam Estes, commonly known as Sleepy John Estes or Sleepy John, was a blues guitarist and vocalist born January 25, 1904 in Ripley, Tennessee. ... Billie Holiday photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949 Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), also called Lady Day, was an American singer, generally considered one of the greatest female jazz voices of all time, alongside Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald. ... Mississippi Fred McDowell on cover of Arhoolie LP 1027 Fred McDowell (January 12, 1904-July 3, 1972), called Mississippi Fred McDowell, was a blues singer and guitar player. ...

1990

• Blind Blake
• Lonnie Johnson
• Bukka White

This article is about the year. ... Blind Blake Blind Blake (born Arthur Blake, circa 1893, Jacksonville, Florida; died: circa 1933) was an influential blues singer and guitarist. ... Alfonzo Lonnie Johnson (February 8, 1894 – June 6, 1970) was a pioneering blues and jazz singer/guitarist born in New Orleans, Louisiana. ... Bukka White album cover Bukka White (or Booker T. Washington White, probably born November 12, 1909, near Houston, Mississippi died February 26, 1977) was a delta blues guitarist and singer. ...

1989

• Clifton Chenier
• Robert Jr. Lockwood
• Memphis Slim

1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Clifton Chenier (June 25, 1925 - December 12, 1987) was the pre-eminent performer of zydeco music, a blend of Cajun and Creole music with R&B, jazz and blues influences. ... Robert Junior Lockwood, Jr. ... Memphis Slim (1915 in Memphis, Tennessee-1988 Paris, France) was a blues pianist and singer. ...

1988

• Mississippi John Hurt
• Little Milton
• Jay McShann
• Johnny Winter

1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mississippi John Smith Hurt (March 8, 1892 , Teoc, Carroll County, Mississippi - November 2, 1966, Grenada, Mississippi) was an influential blues singer and guitarist. ... Milton Little Milton Campbell, Jr. ... James Columbus (Jay or Hootie) McShann (born in 1909 or January 12, 1916) is an American blues and Swing pianist, bandleader, and singer. ... Johnny Winter (born John Dawson Winter III on 23 February 1944 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American blues guitarist and singer, well known for his albinism, as well as his musical skills. ...

1987

• Percy Mayfield
• Eddie Taylor
• Sonny Terry

1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Edward Taylor (January 29, 1923 – December 25, 1985) was an American blues guitarist and singer. ... Sonny Terry performing live at Nambassa festival 1981. ...

1986

• Albert Collins
• Tommy Johnson
• Leadbelly

1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Albert Collins album cover Albert Collins (October 1, 1932 – November 24, 1993) was a blues guitarist, singer and musician. ... Tommy Johnson (1896 – November 1, 1956) was an influential delta blues musician. ... Leadbelly, also known as Lead Belly (born Huddie William Ledbetter; January 20, 1889 (although this is debatable) - December 6, 1949), was an American folk and blues musician, notable for his clear and forceful singing, his virtuosity on the twelve string guitar, and the rich songbook of folk standards he introduced. ...

1985

• Chuck Berry
• Buddy Guy
• J. B. Hutto
• Slim Harpo

1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Charles Edward Anderson Chuck Berry (born October 18, 1926) is an American guitarist, singer, and song writer. ... Buddy Guy (born George Guy, July 30, 1936 in Lettsworth, Louisiana) is an American blues music and rock music guitarist, as well as a singer. ... Slim Harpo, born James Moore (11 January 1924, Lobdel, Louisiana, USA, died 31 January 1970) was a blues musician. ...

1984

• Big Mama Thornton
• Hound Dog Taylor
• Otis Rush

1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Big Mama Thornton album cover Willie Mae (Big Mama) Thornton (December 11, 1926 - July 25, 1984) was an American blues singer. ... Theodore Roosevelt Hound Dog Taylor (April 12, 1915 - December 17, 1975) was an American blues guitarist and singer. ... Otis Rush (born April 29, 1934 in Philadelphia, Mississippi) is a blues musician and guitarist. ...

1983

• Louis Jordan
• Albert King
• Robert Nighthawk
• Ma Rainey
• Big Joe Turner

1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Louis Jordan swinging on sax, Paramount Theatre, NYC, 1946 (Photo: William P. Gottlieb) Louis Jordan (July 8, 1908 – February 4, 1975) was a pioneering African-American blues, jazz and rhythm & blues musician and songwriter who enjoyed his greatest popularity from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. ... Albert King performing at the Wattstax Concert, 1972. ... Robert Lee McCollum (30 November 1909–5 November 1967) was an American bluesman who played and recorded under the names Robert Lee McCoy and Robert Nighthawk. ... Gertrude Pridgett Rainey, better known as Ma Rainey (April 26, 1886 - December 22, 1939) was a blues singer, the earliest known professional blues singer3, and one of the first generation of blues singers to record. ... Big Joe Turner Big Joe Turner (born Joseph Vernon Turner Jr. ...

1982

• Leroy Carr
• Ray Charles
• Big Walter Horton
• Freddie King
• Magic Sam

1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Leroy Carr (March 27, 1905 – April 29, 1935) was an American blues singer, songwriter and pianist who developed a laid-back, crooning technique and whose popularity and style influenced artists like Nat King Cole and Ray Charles. ... Ray Charles was the stage name of Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004). ... Big Walter Horton (born April 6, 1918 - died December 8, 1981) was an African American blues harmonica player. ... Freddie King (September 3, 1934 – December 28, 1976) was a blues guitarist and singer. ... Magic Sam was born Sam Maghett (February 2, 1937) in Grenada, Mississippi, USA (died December 12, 1969) and was a blues guitarist and singer. ...

1981

• Bobby Blue Bland
• Roy Brown
• Blind Willie McTell
• Professor Longhair
• Tampa Red

1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bobby Blue Bland (born January 27, 1930) is an American singer and was an original member of The Beale Streeters. ... Roy Brown (10 September 1925–25 May 1981) was a blues musician who brought a soul singing style (from gospel music) to the emerging genre of rock and roll. ... Blind Willie McTell Blind Willie McTell (May 5, 1901–August 15, 1959) (probably born William Samuel McTear) was an influential blues singer and guitarist. ... Image of the artist Professor Longhair (nee Henry Roeland Byrd and aka Fess) (December 19, 1918 - January 30, 1980) was a legendary New Orleans blues musician. ... Tampa Red (1904-1981), born Hudson Woodbridge, was an influential American musician. ...

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)

1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Big Bill Broonzy (1893 or 1898-1958) was a prolific United States composer, recorder and performer of blues songs. ... Willie Dixons style of blues was one of the inspirations for a new generation of music, rock and roll. ... John Lee Hooker. ... Lightnin Hopkins album cover Sam Lightnin Hopkins (March 15, 1912-January 30, 1982) was a country blues guitar legend, from Houston, Texas. ... Son House, circa 1965 Eddie James House, Jr. ... Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), better known as Howlin Wolf or sometimes, The Howlin Wolf, was an influential blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and harmonica player. ... Elmore James album cover Elmore James (January 27, 1918 – May 24, 1963) was an American blues singer and guitarist. ... Blind Lemon Jefferson (September 1893–December 1929) was an influential blues singer and guitarist from Texas. ... For other persons named Robert Johnson, see Robert Johnson (disambiguation). ... Riley B. King aka B. B. King (born September 16, 1925) is an American blues guitarist and songwriter. ... Little Walter (born Marion Walter Jacobs) (May 1, 1930 - February 15, 1968) was a blues singer and harmonica player. ... Memphis Minnie McCoy (born June 3, 1897 - died August 6, 1973) was an American Blues musician. ... McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1915 or 1913 – April 30, 1983), better known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician and is generally considered the father of Chicago blues. ... Charley Patton Charley Patton (May 1, 1891–April 28, 1934) was an American delta blues musician, and one of the first mainstream stars of the genre. ... Jimmy Reed James Jimmy Mathis Reed (September 6, 1925 - August 29, 1976) was an important United States blues singer notable for bringing his distinctive style of blues to mainstream audiences. ... Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) is largely regarded as the most popular and successful blues singer of 1920s and 1930s, and by some as the most influential performer in blues history. ... Otis Spann (March 21, 1930 – April 24, 1970) was an American blues musician. ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... John Lee Williamson (March 30, 1914- June 1, 1948) was an American blues harmonica player and the first to use the name Sonny Boy Williamson. ... Sonny Boy Williamson, circa 1964 Aleck Rice Miller (December 5, 1899 - May 25, 1965), a. ...

External links

• Blues Foundation's Blues Hall of Fame