Blues Hall of Fame
Appearance
The Blues Hall of Fame is a music museum located at 421 S. Main Street 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.
Inductees
Performers
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
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
- Jimmy McCracklin
- Mississippi Sheiks
- Hubert Sumlin
- Johnny "Guitar" Watson
- Peetie Wheatstraw
- Jimmy Witherspoon
2009
2010
2011
2012
- Billy Boy Arnold
- Mike Bloomfield
- Buddy Johnson & Ella Johnson
- Lazy Lester
- Furry Lewis
- Matt "Guitar" Murphy
- Frank Stokes
- Allen Toussaint
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Non-performers
2019
Non-performers
2020
Non Performers
Year | Name |
---|---|
1991 | Leonard Chess |
1994 | Bill "Hoss" Allen |
John Lomax | |
Alan Lomax | |
John Richbourg | |
Gene Nobles | |
1995 | Phil Chess |
1996 | Bob Koester |
Pete Welding | |
1997 | Bruce Iglauer |
1998 | Lillian McMurry |
Sam Phillips | |
1999 | Lester Melrose |
Chris Strachwitz | |
2000 | Dick Waterman |
2001 | Theresa Needham |
Robert Palmer | |
2002 | Jim O'Neal |
2003 | Ralph Bass |
2004 | J. Mayo Williams |
2005 | H. C. Speir |
2006 | Bihari brothers |
Bobby Robinson | |
Jerry Wexler | |
2007 | Ahmet Ertegun |
Art Rupe | |
2008 | John Hammond |
Paul Oliver | |
2009 | Clifford Antone |
Mike Leadbitter | |
Bob Porter | |
2010 | Peter Guralnick |
"Sunshine" Sonny Payne | |
2011 | Bruce Bromberg |
Vivian Carter & James Bracken | |
Samuel Charters | |
John Wesley Work III | |
2012 | Horst Lippmann & Fritz Rau |
Doc Pomus | |
Pervis Spann | |
2013 | Cosimo Matassa |
Dave Clark | |
Henry Glover | |
2014 | Mike Kappus |
Don Robey | |
Dick Shurman | |
2016 | Tommy Couch Sr. and Wolf Stephenson |
2017 | Amy van Singel |
2018 | Al Benson |
2019 | Moe Asch |
2020 | Ralph Peer |
Literature
Year | Book/Magazine name | Author(s) | Year Published |
---|---|---|---|
1982 | Living Blues | 1970- | |
Blues and Gospel Records 1902-1942 | Robert M.W. Dixon and John Godrich | 1964-1997 | |
Blues Unlimited | 1963-1987 | ||
1983 | Blues Who’s Who: A Biographical Dictionary of Blues Singers | Sheldon Harris | 1979 |
1985 | Blues Records 1943-1966 | Mike Leadbitter and Neil Slaven | 1968 |
1986 | Chicago Breakdown (Chicago Blues) | Mike Rowe | 1973-1981 |
1987 | The Story of the Blues | Paul Oliver | 1969 |
1988 | Blues Fell This Morning: Meaning in the Blues | Paul Oliver | 1960 |
1989 | Feel Like Going Home | Peter Guralnick | 1971 |
1990 | Big Bill Blues: William Broonzy’s Story as told to Yannick Bruynoghe | Big Bill Broonzy | 1955 |
1991 | The Country Blues | Samuel Charters | 1959 |
Big Road Blues | David Evans | 1982 | |
1992 | I Am the Blues: The Willie Dixon Story | Willie Dixon, Don Snowden | 1989 |
1993 | Urban Blues | Charles Keil | 1966 |
1994 | Nothing But the Blues: The Music and the Musicians | Lawrence Cohn | 1993 |
1995 | Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom | Peter Guralnick | 1986 |
Searching for Robert Johnson: The Life and Legend of the ‘King of the Delta Blues' | Peter Guralnick | 1989 | |
1996 | The Land Where the Blues Began | Alan Lomax | 1993 |
1997 | Honkers and Shouters: The Golden Years of Rhythm & Blues | Arnold Shaw (author) | 1978 |
1998 | Blues from the Delta | William Ferris | 1970 |
1999 | The World Don’t Owe Me Nothing | David ‘Honeyboy’ Edwards | 1997 |
2000 | The Country Blues | Samuel Charters | 1959 |
2001 | Stormy Monday: The T-Bone Walker Story | Helen Oakley Dance | 1987 |
2002 | Spinning Blues Into Gold: The Chess Brothers and the Legendary Chess Records | Nadine Cohodas | 2000 |
2003 | Can’t Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters | Robert Gordon | 2002 |
2004 | Juke Blues Magazine | 1985- | |
2005 | Blues People: Negro Music in White America | Amiri Baraka | 1963 |
2006 | Blues & Rhythm magazine | 1984- | |
Chasin’ That Devil’s Music | Gayle Dean Wardlow | 1998 | |
2007 | Blues With a Feeling: The Little Walter Story | Tony Glover, Scott Dirks & Ward Gaines | 2002 |
2008 | Moanin’ at Midnight: The Life and Times of Howlin’ Wolf | James Segrest & Mark Hoffman | 2004 |
2011 | Walking to New Orleans: The Story of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues | John Broven | 1978 |
2012 | The Voice of the Blues | Jim O'Neal | 2002 |
2013 | Soulsville, U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records | Rob Bowman | 2003 |
2014 | Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke | Peter Guralnick | 2005 |
2016 | Early Downhome Blues: A Musical and Cultural Analysis | Jeff Todd Titon | 1977 |
2018 | I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy | Bob Reisman | 2011 |
2019 | Lost Delta Found: Rediscovering the Fisk University-Library of Congress Coahoma County Study, 1941-1942 | John Wesley Work III | 2005 |
2020 | Earl Hooker, Blues Master | Sebastian Danchin | 2001 |
Albums
Singles
See also
- List of music museums
- Official website
- Blues Hall of Fame unofficial Playlist [1]
References
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- ^ "1988 Blues Hall of Fame Inductees Archives". Blues Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
- ^ "1989 Blues Hall of Fame Inductees Archives". Blues Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
- ^ "1990 Blues Hall of Fame Inductees Archives". Blues Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
- ^ "1991 Blues Hall of Fame Inductees Archives". Blues Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
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- ^ "1993 Blues Hall of Fame Inductees Archives". Blues Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
- ^ "1994 Blues Hall of Fame Inductees Archives". Blues Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
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- ^ "2010 Blues Hall of Fame Inductees Archives". Blues Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
- ^ "2011 Blues Hall of Fame Inductees Archives". Blues Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
- ^ "2012 Blues Hall of Fame Inductees Archives". Blues Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
- ^ "2004 Blues Hall of Fame Inductees Archives". Blues Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
- "Performers in Blues Hall of Fame (master list)". Blues Foundation. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
- "Other Individuals in Blues Hall of Fame (master list)". Blues Foundation. Retrieved April 7, 2015.