title: Blues Hall of Fame
text: # Blues Hall of Fame
  
  La Blues Hall of Fame è una lista di persone ed artisti che hanno contribuito in modo significativo alla musica blues. Fu istituita nel 1980 dalla Blues Foundation per onorare coloro che hanno suonato, registrato o contribuito al diffondersi del blues e della sua cultura.
  
  ## Lista artisti inclusi per anno
  
  ### 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
  * Sam Lay
  * 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
  
  * Bobby "Blue" Bland
  * Roy Brown
  * Blind Willie McTell
  * Professor Longhair
  * Tampa Red
  
  ### 1982
  
  * Leroy Carr
  * Ray Charles
  * Big Walter Horton
  * Freddie King
  * Magic Sam
  
  ### 1983
  
  * Louis Jordan
  * Albert King
  * Robert Nighthawk
  * Ma Rainey
  * Big Joe Turner
  
  ### 1984
  
  * Otis Rush
  * Hound Dog Taylor
  * Big Mama Thornton
  
  ### 1985
  
  * Chuck Berry
  * Buddy Guy
  * J. B. Hutto
  * Slim Harpo
  
  ### 1986
  
  * Albert Collins
  * Tommy Johnson
  * Lead Belly
  * Sonny Terry
  
  ### 1987
  
  * Percy Mayfield
  * Eddie Taylor
  
  ### 1988
  
  * Mississippi John Hurt
  * Little Milton
  * Jay McShann
  * Johnny Winter
  
  ### 1989
  
  * Clifton Chenier
  * Robert Lockwood, Jr.
  * Memphis Slim
  
  ### 1990
  
  * Blind Blake
  * Lonnie Johnson
  * Bukka White
  
  ### 1991
  
  * Sleepy John Estes
  * Billie Holiday
  * Fred McDowell
  * Sunnyland Slim
  
  ### 1992
  
  * Skip James
  * Johnny Shines
  * Big Joe Williams
  
  ### 1993
  
  * Champion Jack Dupree
  * Lowell Fulson
  
  ### 1994
  
  * Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
  * Wynonie Harris
  * Bill "Hoss" Allen
  * John Lomax
  * Alan Lomax
  * John Richbourg
  * Gene Nobles
  
  ### 1995
  
  * Jimmy Rogers
  * Leonard Chess
  * Phil Chess
  
  ### 1996
  
  * Charles Brown
  * David "Honeyboy" Edwards
  * Bob Koester
  * Pete Welding
  
  ### 1997
  
  * Brownie McGhee
  * Koko Taylor
  * Bruce Iglauer
  
  ### 1998
  
  * Luther Allison
  * Junior Wells
  * Lillian Shedd McMurry
  * Sam Phillips
  
  ### 1999
  
  * Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
  * Roosevelt Sykes
  * Lester Melrose
  * Chris Strachwitz
  
  ### 2000
  
  * Johnny Otis
  * Stevie Ray Vaughan
  * Dick Waterman
  
  ### 2001
  
  * Etta James
  * Little Junior Parker
  * Rufus Thomas
  * Theresa Needham
  * Robert Palmer
  
  ### 2002
  
  * Ruth Brown
  * Big Maceo Merriweather
  * Jim O'Neal
  
  ### 2003
  
  * Fats Domino
  * Pinetop Perkins
  * Sippie Wallace
  * Dinah Washington
  * Ralph Bass
  
  ### 2004
  
  * Bo Diddley
  * Blind Boy Fuller
  * J. Mayo Williams
  
  ### 2005
  
  * Walter Davis
  * Ike Turner
  * H. C. Speir
  
  ### 2006
  
  * Paul Butterfield
  * James Cotton
  * Roy Milton
  * Bobby Rush
  * Bihari Brothers
  * Bobby Robinson
  * Jerry Wexler
  
  ### 2007
  
  * Dave Bartholomew
  * Dr. John
  * Eddie “Guitar Slim” Jones
  * Sister Rosetta Tharpe
  * Ahmet Ertegün
  * Art Rupe
  
  ### 2008
  
  * Jimmy McCracklin
  * Mississippi Sheiks
  * Hubert Sumlin
  * Johnny "Guitar" Watson
  * Peetie Wheatstraw
  * Jimmy Witherspoon
  * John Hammond
  * Paul Oliver
  
  ### 2009
  
  * Reverend Gary Davis
  * Son Seals
  * Taj Mahal
  * Irma Thomas
  * Clifford Antone
  * Mike Leadbitter
  * Bob Porter
  
  ### 2010
  
  * Lonnie Brooks
  * Gus Cannon
  * W. C. Handy
  * Amos Milburn
  * Charlie Musselwhite
  * Bonnie Raitt
  * Peter Guralnick
  * "Sunshine" Sonny Payne
  
  ### 2011
  
  * Big Maybelle
  * Robert Cray
  * John P. Hammond
  * Alberta Hunter
  * Denise LaSalle
  * J. B. Lenoir
  * Bruce Bromberg
  * Vivian Carter & Jimmy Bracken
  * Samuel Charters
  * John W. Work III
  
  ### 2012
  
  * Billy Boy Arnold
  * Mike Bloomfield
  * Buddy Johnson & Ella Johnson
  * Lazy Lester
  * Furry Lewis
  * Matt "Guitar" Murphy
  * Frank Stokes
  * Allen Toussaint
  * Chris Albertson
  * Horst Lippmann & Fritz Rau
  * Doc Pomus
  * Pervis Spann
  
  ### 2013
  
  * Earl Hooker
  * Jimmie Rodgers
  * Jodie Williams
  * Joe Louis Walker
  * Little Brother Montgomery
  * Otis Clay
  * Cosimo Matassa
  * Dave Clark
  * Henry Glover
  
  ### 2014
  
  * Dick Shurman
  * Don Robey
  * Mike Kappus
  * Big Jay McNeely
  * Eddie Shaw
  * Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
  * R. L. Burnside
  * Robert Pete Williams
  