BMI Blues Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers

Luther Allison (GEMA)
Dave Bartholomew
Chuck Berry
Bobby “Blue” Bland
Big Bill Broonzy
Charles Brown
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Roy Brown
Ruth Brown
Paul Butterfield
Professor Longhair
Little Milton
Ray Charles
Clifton Chenier
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
Bo Diddley
Willie Dixon
Dr. John
Fats Domino
Champion Jack Dupree (GEMA)
Dave “Honeyboy” Edwards
Sleepy John Estes
Lowell Fulson
Buddy Guy
Slim Harpo
Billie Holiday
John Lee Hooker
Lightnin’ Hopkins
Little Walter Horton
Son House
Mississippi John Hurt
J. B. Hutto
Little Walter
Elmore James
Etta James
Skip James
Lonnie Johnson (SOCAN)
Eddie “Guitar Slim” Jones
Louis Jordan
Albert King
B.B. King
Freddy King
Robert Jr. Lockwood
Magic Sam
Percy Mayfield
Brownie McGhee
Memphis Slim (SACEM)
Roy Milton
Johnny Otis
Little Junior Parker
Pinetop Perkins
Jimmy Reed
Jimmy Rogers
Bobby Rush
Otis Rush
Johnny Shines
Otis Spann
Hound Dog Taylor
Koko Taylor
Sonny Terry
Big Mama Thornton
Big Joe Turner
Ike Turner
T-Bone Walker
Sippie Wallace
Dinah Washington
Muddy Waters
Junior Wells
Johnny Winter
Howlin’ Wolf

Classics of Blues Recordings – Single or Album Track

Bobby ”Blue” Bland – “I Pity the Fool”
Charles Brown – “Black Night”
Charles Brown – “Drifting Blues”
Bill Doggett – “Honky Tonk, Parts 1 & 2”
Larry Davis – “Texas Flood”
Lowell Fulson – “Reconsider Baby”
Slim Harpo – “Baby Scratch My Back”
Slim Harpo – “I’m A King Bee”
Z. Z. Hill – “Down Home Blues”
John Lee Hooker – “Boogie Chillen”
Son House – “Death Letter”
Little Walter – “Juke”
Elmore James – “Dust My Broom”
Elmore James – “The Sky Is Crying”
Skip James: “Devil Got My Woman”
Eddie “Guitar Slim” Jones – “The Things I Used To Do”
Albert King – “Born Under A Bad Sign”
B. B. King – “The Thrill Is Gone”
Freddie King – “Hide Away”
Percy Mayfield – “Please Send Me Somebody To Love”
Jimmy Reed – “Baby What You Want Me To Do”
Jimmy Reed – “Big Boss Man”
Otis Rush – “I Can’t Quit You Baby”
Koko Taylor – “Wang Dang Doodle”
Little Johnny Taylor – “Part Time Love”
Big Mama Thornton – “Hound Dog”
Big Joe Turner – “Shake, Rattle and Roll”
T-Bone Walker – “Stormy Monday”
Muddy Waters – “Got My Mojo Working”
Muddy Waters - “I’m A Hoochie Coochie Man”
Muddy Waters – “I’m Ready”
Muddy Waters – “Long Distance Call”
Muddy Waters – “Mannish Boy”
Junior Wells – “Messin’ With the Kid”
Howlin’ Wolf – “Killing Floor”
Howlin’ Wolf – “Smokestack Lightin’”

Classics of Blues Recordings – Album

Bobby ”Blue” Bland – Two Steps From the Blues
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Albert Collins, Robert Cray & Johnny Copeland – Showdown
Albert Collins – Ice Pickin’
Willie Dixon – The Chess Box
Willie Dixon – I Am the Blues
Champion Jack Dupree – Blues From the Gutter
Slim Harpo – Raining In My Heart
Z. Z. Hill – Down Home Blues
Son House – Father of the Folk Blues
Albert King – Born Under A Bad Sign
Albert King – I’ll Play the Blues For You
Albert King – Live Wire – Blues Power
B.B. King – Live from the Cook County Jail
B.B. King – Live at the Regal
Freddie King - Hideaway
The Best of Little Walter
Little Walter – Boss Blues Harmonica
Etta James – Tell Mama
Elmore James – The Original Flair & Meteor Sides
Skip James – The Complete 1932 Session
Magic Sam – Black Magic
Magic Sam – West Side Soul
Junior Parker – Driving Wheel
Jimmy Rogers – Chicago Bound
Otis Rush – Right Place, Wrong Time
Otis Spann Is The Blues
Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers
Big Joe Turner – Boss of the Blues
The Complete Recordings of T-Bone Walker
Best of Muddy Waters
McKinley Morganfield A.K.A. Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters – The Chess Box
Muddy Waters – The Complete Plantation Recordings
Muddy Waters – Can’t Get No Grindin’
Muddy Waters – Down on Stovall’s Plantation
Junior Wells – It’s My Life Baby!
Junior Wells – Big Blues Hit Town
Junior Wells – West Side Soul
Howlin’ Wolf
Howlin’ Wolf – A.K.A. Chester Burnett
Chicago/The Blues/Today! Vols. 1-3

Non-Performers

Joe, Jules, Lester and Saul Bihari
Ahmet Ertugun
Alan Lomax
John Lomax
Bobby Robinson
Jerry Wexler

For a complete Hall of Fame list, including Classics of Blues Literature, consult blues.org.