Blues Hall of Fame - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Blues Hall of Fame is a list of people who are important in the development of blues music. The Hall is part of the Blues Foundation, and honors people who have performed, recorded, or documented blues.

• Jimi Hendrix
• 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)

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

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

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

• Otis Rush
• Hound Dog Taylor
• Big Mama Thornton
• B. B. King

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

• Albert Collins
• Tommy Johnson
• Lead Belly
• Sonny Terry

• Percy Mayfield
• Eddie Taylor

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

• Clifton Chenier
• Robert Lockwood, Jr.
• Memphis Slim

• Blind Blake
• Lonnie Johnson
• Bukka White

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

• Skip James
• Johnny Shines
• Big Joe Williams

• Champion Jack Dupree
• Lowell Fulson

• Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
• Wynonie Harris

Non Performers :

• Bill "Hoss" Allen
• John Lomax
• Alan Lomax
• John Richbourg
• Gene Nobles

• Jimmy Rogers

Non Performers:

• Leonard Chess
• Phil Chess

• Charles Brown
• David "Honeyboy" Edwards

Non Performers:

• Bob Koester
• Pete Welding

• Brownie McGhee
• Koko Taylor

Non Performer:

• Bruce Iglauer

• Luther Allison
• Junior Wells

Non Performers:

• Lillian Shedd McMurry
• Sam Phillips

• Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
• Roosevelt Sykes

Non Performers:

• Lester Melrose
• Chris Strachwitz

• Johnny Otis
• Stevie Ray Vaughan

Non Performer:

• Dick Waterman

• Etta James
• Little Junior Parker
• Rufus Thomas

Non Performers:

• Theresa Needham
• Robert Palmer

• Ruth Brown
• Big Maceo Merriweather

Non Performer:

• Jim O'Neal

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

Non Performer:

• Ralph Bass

• Bo Diddley
• Blind Boy Fuller

Non Performer:

• J. Mayo Williams

• Walter Davis
• Ike Turner

Non Performer:

• H. C. Speir

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

Non-Performers:

• Bihari Brothers
• Bobby Robinson
• Jerry Wexler

• Dave Bartholomew
• Dr. John
• Eddie “Guitar Slim” Jones
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Non-Performers:

• Ahmet Ertegün
• Art Rupe

• Jimmy McCracklin
• Mississippi Sheiks
• Hubert Sumlin
• Johnny "Guitar" Watson
• Peetie Wheatstraw
• Jimmy Witherspoon

Non-Performers:

• John Hammond
• Paul Oliver

• Reverend Gary Davis
• Son Seals
• Taj Mahal
• Irma Thomas

Non-Performers:

• Clifford Antone
• Mike Leadbitter
• Bob Porter

• Lonnie Brooks
• Gus Cannon and Cannon's Jug Stompers
• W. C. Handy
• Amos Milburn
• Charlie Musselwhite
• Bonnie Raitt

Non-Performers:

• Peter Guralnick
• "Sunshine" Sonny Payne

• Big Maybelle
• Robert Cray
• John Hammond, Jr.
• Alberta Hunter
• Denise LaSalle
• J. B. Lenoir

Non-Performers:

• Bruce Bromberg
• Vivian Carter & Jimmy Bracken
• Samuel Charters
• John W. Work III

• Blues Foundation's Blues Hall of Fame Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine