| År | Performer | Non-Performer | Classics of Blues Recordings
(Songs) | Classics of Blues Recordings
(Albums) | Classics of Blues Literature |
| 1980 | | | | | |
| 1981 | | | | | |
| 1982 | | | | | - Blues and Gospel Records 1902–1942
Robert M.W. Dixon og John Godrich - Blues Unlimited Magazine
Simon Napier og Mike Leadbitter - Living Blues Magazine
Bruce Iglauer, Jim O’Neal, Amy van Singel, Paul Garon, et al.
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| 1983 | | | | - Founder of the Delta Blues
Charley Patton (Yazoo, 1970) - King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. II
Robert Johnson (Columbia, 1970) - Live at the Regal
B.B. King (ABC-Paramount, 1965) - McKinley Morganfield A.K.A. Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters (Chess, 1971) - The Best of Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters (Chess, 1958)
| - Blues Who’s Who: A Biographical Dictionary of Blues Singers
Sheldon Harris
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| 1984 | - Hound Dog Taylor
- Otis Rush
- Big Mama Thornton
| | | - Boss Blues Harmonica
Little Walter (Chess, 1972) - Hoodoo Man Blues
Junior Wells (Delmark, 1966) - West Side Soul
Magic Sam Blues Band (Delmark, 1968)
| |
| 1985 | | | - Boogie Chillen'
John Lee Hooker (Modern, 1948) - Smokestack Lightning
Howlin' Wolf (Chess, 1956) - The Thrill Is Gone
B.B. King (ABC Bluesway, 1969)
| - Born Under a Bad Sign
Albert King (Stax, 1967) - Chester Burnett A.K.A Howlin' Wolf
Howlin’ Wolf (Chess, 1972) - Howlin' Wolf
Howlin’ Wolf (Chess, 1962)
| - Blues Records 1943–1966
Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven
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| 1986 | | | | - I Am the Blues
Willie Dixon (Columbia, 1970) - Ice Pickin’
Albert Collins (Alligator, 1978) - Live Wire/Blues Power
Albert King (Stax, 1968)
| - Chicago Breakdown (Chicago Blues)
Mike Rowe
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| 1987 | - Eddie Taylor
- Percy Mayfield
- Sonny Terry
| | - Big Road Blues
Tommy Johnson (Victor, 1928) - Help Me
Sonny Boy Williamson II. (Checker, 1963) - Please Send Me Someone to Love
Percy Mayfield (Specialty, 1950)
| - Blues Before Sunrise
Leroy Carr (Columbia, 1962) - Hide Away
Freddie King (King, 1969) - Two Steps from the Blues
Bobby «Blue» Bland (Duke, 1961)
| - The Story of the Blues
Paul Oliver
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| 1988 | | | - Born Under a Bad Sign
Albert King (Stax, 1967) - How Long, How Long Blues
Leroy Carr (Vocalion, 1928) - Pony Blues
Charley Patton (Paramount, 1929)
| - Down on Stovall’s Plantation
Muddy Waters (Testament, 1966) - The Chess Box
Muddy Waters (P-Vine Special, 1985) - The Original Flair & Meteor Sides
Elmore James (Ace, 1984)
| - The Blues Fell This Morning (The Meaning of the Blues)
Paul Oliver
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| 1989 | - Clifton Chenier
- Memphis Slim
- Robert Jr. Lockwood
| | - Come On in My Kitchen
Robert Johnson (ARC/Vocalion, 1936) - Driftin’ Blues
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers (Philo, 1945) - Long Distance Call
Muddy Waters (Chess, 1951)
| - Live on Maxwell Street 1964
Robert Nighthawk (Rounder, 1980) - Right Place, Wrong Time
Otis Rush (Bullfrog, 1976) - Showdown!
Albert Collins, Robert Cray & Johnny Copeland (Alligator, 1985) - The World’s Greatest Blues Singer
Bessie Smith (Columbia, 1970)
| - Feel Like Going Home
Peter Guralnick
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| 1990 | - Blind Blake
- Bukka White
- Lonnie Johnson
| | - Big Boss Man
Jimmy Reed (Vee-Jay, 1960) - Good Morning, School Girl
Sonny Boy Williamson I (Bluebird 1937) - Terraplane Blues
Robert Johnson (ARC/Vocalion, 1936)
| - Black Magic
Magic Sam Blues Band (Delmark, 1969) - The Chess Box
Willie Dixon (Various Artists) (MCA Chess, 1989) - The Complete 1931 Session
Skip James (Yazoo, 1986)
| - Big Bill Blues: William Broonzys Story
Yannick Bruynoghe
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| 1991 | | | - Killing Floor
Howlin' Wolf (Chess, 1964) - Nine Below Zero
Sonny Boy Williamson II (Trumpet, 1951) - Rocket 88
Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats (Chess, 1951) - The Sky is Crying
Elmore James (Fire, 1959)
| - Can’t Get No Grindin’
Muddy Waters (Chess, 1973) - Chicago/The Blues/Today! Vol. 1-3
Various Artists (Vanguard, 1966) - The Best of Little Walter
Little Walter (Checker, 1958)
| - Big Road Blues
Paul Evans - Conversation with the Blues
Paul Oliver - The Country Blues
Samuel Charters
|
| 1992 | - Big Joe Williams
- Johnny Shines
- Skip James
| | - Baby Please Don’t Go
Big Joe Williams (Bluebird, 1935) - Statesboro Blues
Blind Willie McTell (Victor, 1928)
| - Blues From the Gutter
Champion Jack Dupree (Atlantic, 1958) - Father of the Folk Blues
Son House (Columbia, 1965) - Parchman Farm
Bukka White (Columbia, 1970) - The Complete Recordings
Robert Johnson (Columbia/Legacy, 1990)
| - I Am the Blues: The Willie Dixon Story
Willie Dixon mit Don Snowden
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| 1993 | - Champion Jack Dupree
- Lowell Fulson
| | | | |
| 1994 | - Arthur «Big Boy» Crudup
- Wynonie Harris
| - Bill «Hoss» Allen
- Gene Nobles
- John & Alan Lomax
- John R.
| - I Can’t Quit You Baby
Otis Rush (Cobra 1956) - Texas Flood
Larry Davis (Duke, 1958)
| - The Complete Recordings of T-Bone Walker 1940–1954
T-Bone Walker (Mosaic, 1990)
| - Nothing But the Blues: The Music and the Musicians
Lawrence Cohn
|
| 1995 | | | - Wang Dang Doodle
Koko Taylor (Checker, 1965)
| - Boss of the Blues
Big Joe Turner (Atlantic, 1956) - Otis Spann Is the Blues
Otis Spann with Robert Lockwood, Jr. (Candid, 1961)
| - Searching for Robert Johnson: The Life and Legend of the «King of the Delta Blues»
Peter Guralnick - The Land Where the Blues Began
Alan Lomax
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| 1996 | - Charles Brown
- David Honeyboy Edwards
| | - Don’t Start Me Talkin’
Sonny Boy Williamson II. (Checker, 1955)
| - Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers
Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers (Alligator, 1971)
| - Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom
Peter Guralnick
|
| 1997 | - Brownie McGhee
- Koko Taylor
| | - Baby Scratch My Back
Slim Harpo (Excello, 1965)
| | - Honkers and Shouters: The Golden Years of Rhythm & Blues
Arnold Shaw
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| 1998 | | | | - I’ll Play the Blues for You
Albert King (Stax, 1972)
| - Blues from the Delta
William Ferris
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| 1999 | - Clarence Gatemouth Brown
- Roosevelt Sykes
| - Chris Strachwitz
- Lester Melrose
| | | - The World Don’t Owe Me Nothing
David Honeyboy Edwards
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| 2000 | | | - Down Home Blues
Z. Z. Hill (Malaco, 1982)
| - Mississippi Delta Blues
Mississippi Fred McDowell (Arhoolie, 1964)
| - The Country Blues
Samuel Charters
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| 2001 | | - Robert Palmer
- Theresa Needham
| | - The Complete Plantation Recordings
Muddy Waters (MCA Chess, 1993)
| - Stormy Monday: The T-Bone Walker Story
Helen Dance
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| 2002 | - Big Maceo Merriweather
- Ruth Brown
| | - Goin’ Down Slow
St. Louis Jimmy Oden (Bluebird, 1941)
| - Live in Cook County Jail
B.B. King (ABC, 1971)
| - Spinning Blues into Gold: The Chess Brothers and the Legendary Chess Records
Nadine Cohodas
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| 2003 | | | - Part Time Love
Little Johnny Taylor (Galaxy, 1963)
| | - Can’t Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters
Robert Gordon
|
| 2004 | | | | - Raining in My Heart
Slim Harpo (Excello, 1961)
| - Juke Blues Magazine
Cilla Huggins, John Broven & Bez Turner, 1985
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| 2005 | | | - Black Night
Charles Brown (Aladdin, 1951)
| - Down Home
Z. Z. Hill (Malaco Records, 1982)
| - Blues People: Negro Music in White America
LeRoi Jones
|
| 2006 | | | - Devil Got My Woman
Skip James (Paramount, 1931) - Honky Tonk, Parts 1 & 2
Bill Doggett (King, 1956) - Hound Dog
Big Mama Thornton (Peacock, 1952)
| - I Do Not Play No Rock ’n’ Roll
Mississippi Fred McDowell (Capitol, 1970) - Screamin’ and Hollerin’ the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton
Charley Patton (Revenant, 2001) - Tell Mama
Etta James (Cadet, 1968)
| - Blues & Rhythm Magazine
Paul Vernon, Tony Burke - Chasin’ That Devil’s Music
Gayle Dean Wardlow, Edward Komara
|
| 2007 | | | - Black Angel Blues
Robert Nighthawk (Aristocrat, 1949) - Death Letter
Son House (Columbia, 1965) - Hide Away
Freddie King (Federal, 1961)
| - Angola Prisoners’ Blues
Robert Pete Williams & others (Louisiana Folklore Society, 1959) - Down and Out Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson II. (Checker, 1960) - Driving Wheel
Little Jr. Parker (Duke, 1962)
| - Blues With a Feeling: The Little Walter Story
Tony Glover, Scott Dirks & Ward Gaines
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| 2008 | - Hubert Sumlin
- Jimmy McCracklin
- Jimmy Witherspoon
- Johnny Guitar Watson
- Mississippi Sheiks
- Peetie Wheatstraw
| | - Back-Water Blues
Bessie Smith (Columbia, 1927) - Double Trouble
Otis Rush (Cobra, 1958) - My Babe
Little Walter (Checker, 1955)
| - Etta James Rocks the House
Etta James (Argo, 1964) - Freddy King Sings
Freddie King (King, 1961) - I’m Jimmy Reed
Jimmy Reed (Vee-Jay, 1958) - Members Only
Bobby Bland (Malaco, 1985) - Piney Woods Blues
Big Joe Williams (Delmark, 1958)
| - 7 Guitars
August Wilson - Moanin’ at Midnight: The Life and Times of Howlin' Wolf
James Segrest & Mark Hoffman
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| 2009 | - Irma Thomas
- Reverend Gary Davis
- Son Seals
- Taj Mahal
| - Bob Porter
- Clifford Antone
- Mike Leadbitter
| | - Amtrak Blues
Alberta Hunter (Columbia, 1978) - Blues With a Feeling Newport Folk Festival Classics
Various Artists (Vanguard, 1993) - T-Bone Blues
T-Bone Walker (Atlantic, 1959)
| - I Hear You Knockin
Jeff Hannusch
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| 2010 | | - Peter Guralnick
- Sonny Payne
| | - Hung Down Head
Lowell Fulson (Chess, 1970) - I Hear Some Blues Downstairs
Fenton Robinson (Alligator, 1977) - Strong Persuader
Robert Cray (Mercury, 1986)
| - The Bluesmen
Samuel Charters
|
| 2011 | - Alberta Hunter
- Big Maybelle
- Denise LaSalle
- J.B. Lenoir
- John Hammond
- Robert Cray
| - Bruce Bromberg
- John W. Work III
- Samuel Charters
- Vivian Carter og
Jimmy Bracken
| - Ain’t Nobody’s Business
Jimmy Witherspoon (Supreme, 1947) - Five Long Years
Eddie Boyd (J.O.B., 1952) - Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues
Skip James (Paramount, 1931) - Love in Vain
Robert Johnson (Vocalion, 1937)
| - False Accusations
Robert Cray (HighTone 1985) - Night Beat
Sam Cooke (RCA Victor 1963) - The Real Folk Blues
Howlin' Wolf (Chess 1965)
| - Walking to New Orleans: The Story of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues
John Broven
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| 2012 | | - Doc Pomus
- Horst Lippmann og
Fritz Rau - Pervis Spann
| - All Your Love
Magic Sam (Cobra, 1957) - It Hurts Me Too
Tampa Red (Bluebird, 1940) - Pine Top’s Boogie Woogie
Pine Top Smith (Vocalion, 1928)
| - Bad Influence
The Robert Cray Band (HighTone, 1983) - Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues
Buddy Guy (Silvertone, 1991)
| - Bessie
Chris Albertson - The Voice of the Blues
Jim O’Neal & Amy van Singel
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| 2013 | - Earl Hooker
- Jimmy Rogers
- Jody Williams
- Joe Louis Walker
- Little Brother Montgomery
- Otis Clay
| | - Canned Heat Blues
Tommy Johnson (Victor, 1928) - How Many More Years
Howlin' Wolf (Chess, 1951) - Let the Good Times Roll
Louis Jordan (Decca, 1946) - Me and My Chauffeur Blues
Memphis Minnie (OKeh, 1941) - Mystery Train
Little Junior’s Blue Flames (Sun, 1953)
| - Complete Recorded Works/Texas Worried Blues
Henry Thomas (Herwin 1975/Yazoo 1989) - Louis Jordan’s Greatest Hits
Louis Jordan (Decca 1969) - More Real Folk Blues
Howlin' Wolf (Chess 1967)
| - Soulsville, U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records
Rob Bowman (Schirmer, 2003)
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| 2014 | - Big Jay McNeely
- Eddie Shaw
- Eddie «Cleanhead» Vinson
- R.L. Burnside
- Robert Pete Williams
| - Dick Shurman
- Don Robey
- Mike Kappus
| - After Hours
Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra (Bluebird 1940) - Catfish Blues
Robert Petway (Bluebird 1941) - High Water Everywhere, Parts I & II
Charley Patton (Paramount 1930) - It’s Tight Like That
Tampa Red & Georgia Tom (Vocalion 1928) - Milk Cow Blues
Kokomo Arnold (Decca 1934)
| - Hawk Squat
J. B. Hutto (Delmark, 1969) - Moanin’ in the Moonlight
Howlin' Wolf (Chess 1959)
| - Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke
Peter Guralnick (Little, Brown and Company, 2005)
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