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 (Jacobs)
Memphis Minnie
Muddy Waters
Charley Patton
Jimmy Reed
Bessie Smith
Otis Spann
T-Bone Walker
Sonny Boy Williamson #1 (John Lee Williamson)
Sonny Boy Williamson #2 (Rice Miller)

1981

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

1983

Lous Jordan
Albert King
Robert Nighthawk
Ma Rainey
Big Joe Turner

1984

Big Mama Thornton
Hound Dog Taylor
Otis Rush

1986

Albert Collins
Tommy Johnson
Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter)

1987

Eddie Taylor
Percy Mayfield
Sonny Terry

1988

Mississippi John Hurt
Little Milton
Jay McShann
Johnny Winter

1989

Clinton Chenier
Robert J. Lockwood
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

1995

Jimmy Rogers

1996

Charles Brown
David "Honeyboy" Edwards

1997

Brownie McGhee
Koko Taylor

1998

Luther Allison
Junior Wells

1999

Roosevelt Sykes
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

2000

Johnny Otis
Stevie Ray Vaughan

2001

Rufus Thomas
Etta James
Little Junior Parker

2002

Big Maceo (Merriweather)
Ruth Brown

2003

Fats Domino
Pinetop Perkins
Dinah Washington
Sippie Wallace

2004

Bo Diddley
Blind Boy Fuller

2005

Ike Turner
Walter Davis

2006

2007

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