Blues Hall of Fame: Performers
~ Artist award
Artists
| # | Artist | Type | Gender | Area | Begin | Begin Area | End | End Area | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | B.B. King | Person | Male | United States | 1925-09-16 | Berclair | 2015-05-14 | Las Vegas | |
| 1980 | Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) | Person | Female | United States | 1894-04-15 | Chattanooga | 1937-09-26 | Clarksdale | |
| 1980 | Big Bill Broonzy | Person | Male | United States | 1893-06-26 | Jefferson County | 1958-08-15 | Chicago | |
| 1980 | Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer-songwriter) | Person | Male | United States | 1893-09-24 | Coutchman (historical) | 1929-12-19 | Chicago | |
| 1980 | Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) | Person | Male | United States | 1891-05-01 | Edwards | 1934-04-28 | Sunflower County | |
| 1980 | Elmore James | Person | Male | United States | 1918-01-27 | Richland | 1963-05-24 | Chicago | |
| 1980 | Howlin’ Wolf | Person | Male | United States | 1910-06-10 | White Station | 1976-01-10 | Hines | |
| 1980 | Jimmy Reed (blues musician) | Person | Male | United States | 1925-09-06 | Dunleith | 1976-08-29 | Oakland | |
| 1980 | John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) | Person | Male | United States | 1917-08-22 | Coahoma County | 2001-06-21 | Los Altos | |
| 1980 | Lightnin’ Hopkins | Person | Male | United States | 1912-03-15 | Centerville | 1982-01-30 | Houston | |
| 1980 | Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter) | Person | Male | United States | 1930-05-01 | Marksville | 1968-02-15 | Chicago | |
| 1980 | Memphis Minnie | Person | Female | United States | 1897-06-03 | Algiers | 1973-08-06 | Memphis | |
| 1980 | Muddy Waters (blues musician) | Person | Male | United States | 1913-04-04 | Issaquena County | 1983-04-30 | Westmont | |
| 1980 | Otis Spann | Person | Male | United States | 1930-03-21 | Jackson | 1970-04-24 | Chicago | |
| 1980 | Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) | Person | Male | United States | 1911-05-08 | Hazlehurst | 1938-08-16 | Greenwood | |
| 1980 | Son House | Person | Male | United States | 1902-03-21 | Lyon | 1988-10-19 | Detroit | |
| 1980 | Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965) | Person | Male | United States | 1912-12-05 | Tallahatchie County | 1965-05-25 | Helena-West Helena | |
| 1980 | Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) | Person | Male | United States | 1914-03-30 | Jackson | 1948-06-01 | Chicago | |
| 1980 | T‐Bone Walker (US blues musician & songwriter, 1910-1975) | Person | Male | United States | 1910-05-28 | Linden | 1975-03-16 | Los Angeles | |
| 1980 | Willie Dixon | Person | Male | United States | 1915-07-01 | Vicksburg | 1992-01-29 | Burbank | |
| 1981 | Blind Willie McTell | Person | Male | United States | 1901-05-05 | Thomson | 1959-08-19 | Milledgeville | |
| 1981 | Bobby “Blue” Bland | Person | Male | United States | 1930-01-27 | Barretville | 2013-06-23 | Germantown | |
| 1981 | Professor Longhair | Person | Male | United States | 1918-12-19 | Bogalusa | 1980-01-30 | New Orleans | |
| 1981 | Roy Brown (blues musician) | Person | Male | United States | 1925-09-10 | New Orleans | 1981-05-25 | San Fernando | |
| 1981 | Tampa Red | Person | Male | United States | 1904-01-08 | Smithville | 1981-03-19 | Chicago | |
| 1982 | Big Walter Horton (blues harmonica player) | Person | Male | United States | 1921-04-06 | Horn Lake | 1981-12-08 | Chicago | |
| 1982 | Freddie King (US blues singer & guitarist) | Person | Male | United States | 1934-09-03 | Gilmer | 1976-12-28 | Dallas | |
| 1982 | Leroy Carr | Person | Male | United States | 1905-03-27 | Nashville | 1935-04-29 | Indianapolis | |
| 1982 | Magic Sam | Person | Male | United States | 1937-02-14 | Grenada | 1969-12-01 | Chicago | |
| 1982 | Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) | Person | Male | United States | 1930-09-23 | Albany | 2004-06-10 | Beverly Hills | |
| 1983 | Albert King (well-known US blues guitarist & singer) | Person | Male | United States | 1923-04-25 | Indianola | 1992-12-21 | Memphis | |
| 1983 | Big Joe Turner | Person | Male | United States | 1911-05-18 | Kansas City | 1985-11-24 | Inglewood | |
| 1983 | Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) | Person | Male | United States | 1908-07-08 | Brinkley | 1975-02-04 | Los Angeles | |
| 1983 | Ma Rainey | Person | Female | United States | 1886-04-26 | Columbus | 1939-12-22 | Rome | |
| 1983 | Robert Nighthawk | Person | Male | United States | 1909-11-30 | Helena-West Helena | 1967-11-05 | Helena-West Helena | |
| 1984 | Big Mama Thornton | Person | Female | United States | 1926-12-11 | Ariton | 1984-07-25 | Los Angeles | |
| 1984 | Hound Dog Taylor | Person | Male | United States | 1915-04-12 | Natchez | 1975-12-17 | Chicago | |
| 1984 | Otis Rush | Person | Male | United States | 1934-04-29 | Philadelphia | 2018-09-29 | ||
| 1985 | Buddy Guy | Person | Male | United States | 1936-07-30 | Lettsworth | |||
| 1985 | Chuck Berry | Person | Male | United States | 1926-10-18 | St. Louis | 2017-03-18 | Wentzville | |
| 1985 | J.B. Hutto | Person | Male | United States | 1926-04-26 | Blackville | 1983-06-12 | Harvey | |
| 1985 | Slim Harpo | Person | Male | United States | 1924-01-11 | Lobdell | 1970-01-31 | Baton Rouge | |
| 1986 | Albert Collins (US blues guitarist/vocalist/harmonica) | Person | Male | United States | 1932-10-01 | Leona | 1993-11-24 | Las Vegas | |
| 1986 | Lead Belly | Person | Male | United States | 1888-01-20 | Mooringsport | 1949-12-06 | New York | |
| 1986 | Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) | Person | Male | United States | 1896-01 | Hinds County | 1956-11-01 | Crystal Springs | |
| 1987 | Eddie Taylor (Electric blues guitarist & singer) | Person | Male | United States | 1923-01-29 | Mississippi | 1985-12-25 | Chicago | |
| 1987 | Percy Mayfield | Person | Male | United States | 1920-08-12 | Minden | 1984-08-11 | Los Angeles | |
| 1987 | Sonny Terry | Person | Male | United States | 1911-10-24 | Greensboro | 1986-03-11 | Mineola | |
| 1988 | Jay McShann | Person | Male | United States | 1916-01-12 | Muskogee | 2006-12-07 | Kansas City | |
| 1988 | Johnny Winter (American blues/rock musician) | Person | Male | United States | 1944-02-23 | Beaumont | 2014-07-16 | Zürich | |
| 1988 | Little Milton | Person | Male | United States | 1934-09-07 | Inverness | 2005-08-04 | Memphis | |
| 1988 | Mississippi John Hurt | Person | Male | United States | 1893-07-03 | Mississippi | 1966-11-02 | Grenada | |
| 1989 | Clifton Chenier | Person | Male | United States | 1925-06-25 | Opelousas | 1987-12-12 | Lafayette | |
| 1989 | Memphis Slim | Person | Male | United States | 1915-09-03 | Memphis | 1988-02-24 | Paris | |
| 1989 | Robert Lockwood, Jr. | Person | Male | United States | 1915-03-27 | Arkansas | 2006-11-21 | Cleveland | |
| 1990 | Blind Blake (1920 blues) | Person | Male | United States | 1896 | Newport News | 1934-12-01 | Milwaukee | |
| 1990 | Bukka White | Person | Male | United States | 1909-11-12 | Houston | 1977-02-26 | Memphis | |
| 1990 | Lonnie Johnson (American blues and jazz musician) | Person | Male | United States | 1899-02-08 | New Orleans | 1970-06-16 | Toronto | |
| 1991 | Billie Holiday | Person | Female | United States | 1915-04-07 | Philadelphia | 1959-07-17 | New York | |
| 1991 | Mississippi Fred McDowell | Person | Male | United States | 1904-01-12 | Rossville | 1972-07-03 | Memphis | |
| 1991 | Sleepy John Estes | Person | Male | United States | 1899-01-25 | Ripley | 1977-06-05 | Brownsville | |
| 1991 | Sunnyland Slim (blues pianist) | Person | Male | United States | 1906-09-05 | Vance | 1995-03-17 | Chicago | |
| 1992 | Big Joe Williams | Person | Male | Mississippi | 1903-10-16 | Oktibbeha County | 1982-12-17 | Macon | |
| 1992 | Johnny Shines | Person | Male | United States | 1915-04-26 | 1992-04-20 | |||
| 1992 | Skip James | Person | Male | United States | 1902-06-09 | Mississippi | 1969-10-03 | Philadelphia | |
| 1993 | Champion Jack Dupree | Person | Male | Germany | 1910-07-04 | New Orleans | 1992-01-21 | Hannover | |
| 1993 | Lowell Fulson | Person | Male | United States | 1921-03-31 | Tulsa | 1999-03-07 | Long Beach | |
| 1994 | Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup | Person | Male | United States | 1905-08-24 | Forest | 1974-03-28 | Nassawadox | |
| 1994 | Wynonie Harris (R&B singer, known as “Mr. Blues”) | Person | Male | United States | 1915-08-24 | Omaha | 1969-06-14 | Los Angeles | |
| 1995 | Jimmy Rogers (blues artist) | Person | Male | United States | 1924-06-03 | Ruleville | 1997-12-19 | Chicago | |
| 1996 | Charles Brown (blues musician) | Person | Male | United States | 1922-09-13 | Texas City | 1999-01-21 | Oakland | |
| 1996 | David “Honeyboy” Edwards | Person | Male | United States | 1915-06-28 | Shaw | 2011-08-29 | Chicago | |
| 1997 | Brownie McGhee | Person | Male | United States | 1915-11-30 | Knoxville | 1996-02-16 | Oakland | |
| 1997 | Koko Taylor | Person | Female | United States | 1928-09-28 | Bartlett | 2009-06-03 | Chicago | |
| 1998 | Junior Wells | Person | Male | United States | 1934-12-09 | Memphis | 1998-01-15 | Chicago | |
| 1998 | Luther Allison | Person | Male | United States | 1939-08-17 | Widener | 1997-08-12 | Madison | |
| 1999 | Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown | Person | Male | United States | 1924-04-18 | Calcasieu Parish | 2005-09-10 | Orange | |
| 1999 | Roosevelt Sykes | Person | Male | United States | 1906-01-31 | Arkansas | 1983-07-17 | New Orleans | |
| 2000 | Johnny Otis | Person | Male | United States | 1921-12-28 | Vallejo | 2012-01-17 | Altadena | |
| 2000 | Stevie Ray Vaughan | Person | Male | United States | 1954-10-03 | Dallas | 1990-08-27 | East Troy | |
| 2001 | Etta James | Person | Female | United States | 1938-01-25 | Los Angeles | 2012-01-20 | Riverside | |
| 2001 | Junior Parker | Person | Male | United States | 1932-05-27 | Clarksdale | 1971-11-18 | Blue Island | |
| 2001 | Rufus Thomas (US blues & funk singer & songwriter) | Person | Male | United States | 1917-03-26 | Cayce | 2001-12-15 | Memphis | |
| 2002 | Big Maceo | Person | Male | United States | 1905-03-31 | Atlanta | 1953-02-23 | Chicago | |
| 2002 | Ruth Brown | Person | Female | United States | 1928-01-30 | Portsmouth | 2006-11-17 | Henderson | |
| 2003 | Dinah Washington | Person | Female | United States | 1924-08-29 | Tuscaloosa | 1963-12-14 | Detroit | |
| 2003 | Fats Domino | Person | Male | United States | 1928-02-26 | New Orleans | 2017-10-24 | Harvey | |
| 2003 | Pinetop Perkins | Person | Male | United States | 1913-07-07 | Belzoni | 2011-03-21 | Austin | |
| 2003 | Sippie Wallace | Person | Female | United States | 1898-11-01 | Arkansas | 1986-11-01 | Detroit | |
| 2004 | Blind Boy Fuller | Person | Male | United States | 1907-07-10 | Wadesboro | 1941-02-13 | Durham | |
| 2004 | Bo Diddley (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer) | Person | Male | United States | 1928-12-30 | McComb | 2008-06-02 | Archer | |
| 2005 | Ike Turner | Person | Male | United States | 1931-11-05 | Clarksdale | 2007-12-12 | San Marcos | |
| 2005 | Walter Davis (American blues singer and pianist) | Person | Male | United States | 1912-03-01 | Grenada | 1963-10-22 | St. Louis | |
| 2006 | Bobby Rush | Person | Male | United States | 1933-11-10 | Homer | |||
| 2006 | James Cotton (US blues harmonica player, singer & songwriter) | Person | Male | United States | 1935-07-01 | Tunica | 2017-03-16 | Austin | |
| 2006 | Paul Butterfield | Person | Male | United States | 1942-12-17 | Chicago | 1987-05-04 | Hollywood | |
| 2006 | Roy Milton | Person | Male | United States | 1907-07-31 | Wynnewood | 1983-09-18 | Los Angeles | |
| 2007 | Dave Bartholomew | Person | Male | United States | 1918-12-24 | Edgard | 2019-06-23 | New Orleans | |
| 2007 | Dr. John (New Orleans blues pianist, singer and songwriter) | Person | Male | United States | 1941-11-21 | New Orleans | 2019-06-06 | ||
| 2007 | Guitar Slim (Eddie Jones) | Person | Male | United States | 1926-12-10 | Greenwood | 1959-02-07 | New York |
Relationships
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