Blues Hall of Fame: Performers

~ Artist award

Artists

#ArtistTypeGenderAreaBegin
2007Sister Rosetta TharpePersonFemaleUnited States1915-03-20
2008Hubert Sumlin (Chicago blues guitarist and singer)PersonMaleUnited States1931-11-16
2008Jimmy McCracklin (blues singer, songwriter)PersonMaleUnited States1921-08-13
2008Jimmy WitherspoonPersonMaleUnited States1920-08-08
2008Johnny “Guitar” WatsonPersonMaleUnited States1935-02-03
2008Mississippi SheiksGroupUnited States1926
2008Peetie WheatstrawPersonMaleUnited States1902-12-21
2009Irma ThomasPersonFemaleUnited States1941-02-18
2009Reverend Gary DavisPersonMaleUnited States1896-04-30
2009Son SealsPersonMaleUnited States1942-08-13
2009Taj Mahal (US blues musician)PersonMaleUnited States1942-05-17
2010Amos MilburnPersonMaleUnited States1927-04-01
2010Bonnie RaittPersonFemaleUnited States1949-11-08
2010Cannon’s Jug StompersGroupUnited States1928
2010Charlie MusselwhitePersonMaleUnited States1944-01-31
2010Gus CannonPersonMaleUnited States1883-09-12
2010Lonnie BrooksPersonMaleUnited States1933-12-18
2010William Christopher HandyPersonMaleUnited States1873-11-16
2011Alberta HunterPersonFemaleUnited States1895-04-01
2011Big MaybellePersonFemaleUnited States1924-05-01
2011Denise LaSallePersonFemaleUnited States1934-07-16
2011J.B. LenoirPersonMaleUnited States1929-03-05
2011John Hammond (blues singer and guitarist)PersonMaleUnited States1942-11-13
2011Robert Cray (blues guitarist, singer and songwriter)PersonMaleUnited States1953-08-01
2012Allen ToussaintPersonMaleUnited States1938-01-14
2012Billy Boy Arnold (US blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter)PersonMaleUnited States1935-09-16
2012Buddy JohnsonPersonMaleUnited States1915-01-10
2012Ella JohnsonPersonFemaleUnited States1919-06-22
2012Frank StokesPersonMaleUnited States1888-01-01
2012Furry Lewis (Walter E. Lewis, American country blues guitarist)PersonMaleUnited States1893-03-06
2012Lazy LesterPersonMaleUnited States1933-06-20
2012Matt Murphy (US blues guitarist)PersonMaleUnited States1929-12-27
2012Mike BloomfieldPersonMaleUnited States1943-07-28
2013Earl HookerPersonMaleUnited States1930-01-15
2013Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)PersonMaleUnited States1897-09-08
2013Jody Williams (blues guitarist/singer)PersonMaleUnited States1935-02-03
2013Joe Louis WalkerPersonMaleUnited States1949-12-25
2013Little Brother MontgomeryPersonMaleUnited States1906-04-18
2013Otis ClayPersonMaleUnited States1942-02-11
2014Big Jay McNeelyPersonMaleUnited States1927-04-29
2014Eddie Shaw (tenor / alto saxes and harmonica)PersonMaleUnited States1937-03-20
2014Eddie “Cleanhead” VinsonPersonMaleUnited States1917-12-18
2014R.L. BurnsidePersonMaleUnited States1926-11-23
2014Robert Pete WilliamsPersonMaleUnited States1914-03-14
2015Eric ClaptonPersonMaleUnited Kingdom1945-03-30
2015Little RichardPersonMaleUnited States1932-12-05
2015Tommy Brown (US R&B singer)PersonMaleUnited States1931-05-27
2016Eddy ClearwaterPersonMaleUnited States1935-01-10
2016Elvin BishopPersonMaleUnited States1942-10-21
2016Jimmy Johnson (Chicago blues guitarist)PersonMaleUnited States1928-11-25
2016John MayallPersonMaleUnited Kingdom1933-11-29
2016Memphis Jug BandGroupUnited States1927
2017Henry GrayPersonMaleUnited States1925-01-19
2017Johnny CopelandPersonMaleUnited States1937-03-27
2017Latimore (US blues/R&B singer, songwriter and pianist)PersonMaleUnited States1939-09-07
2017Magic SlimPersonMaleUnited States1937-08-07
2017Mavis StaplesPersonFemaleUnited States1939-07-10
2017Willie Johnson (American electric blues guitarist)PersonMaleUnited States1923-03-04
2018Mamie SmithPersonFemaleUnited States1891-05-26
2018Roebuck “Pops” StaplesPersonMaleUnited States1915-12-02
2018Sam LayPersonMaleUnited States1935-03-20
2018The Aces (Chicago blues)Group
2018Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)PersonMaleUnited States1899-07-01
2019Aretha FranklinPersonFemaleUnited States1942-03-25
2019Booker T. & the MG’sGroupUnited States1962
2019Count Basie (pianist)PersonMaleUnited States1904-08-21
2019Ida CoxPersonFemaleUnited States1896-02-25
2019Pee Wee CraytonPersonMaleUnited States1914-12-18
2020/2021Bettye LaVettePersonFemaleUnited States1946-01-29
2020/2021Billy BranchPersonMaleUnited States1951-10-03
2020/2021Eddie Boyd (blues pianist)PersonMaleFinland1914-11-25
2020/2021George “Harmonica” Smith (blues singer, harmonica player)PersonMaleUnited States1924-04-22
2020/2021Syl JohnsonPersonMaleUnited States1936-07-01
2020/2021Victoria SpiveyPersonFemaleUnited States1906-10-15

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