The Blues Hall of Fame is a music museum located at 421 S. Main Street in
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-mos ...
. Initially, the "Blues Hall of Fame" was not a physical building, but a listing of people who have significantly contributed to
blues
Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the Afr ...
music. Started in 1980 by the
Blues Foundation
The Blues Foundation is an American nonprofit corporation, headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, that is affiliated with more than 175 blues organizations from various parts of the world.
Founded in 1980, a 25-person board of directors governs the ...
, it honors people who have performed, recorded, or documented blues. The actual building for the hall opened to the public on May 8, 2015.
Inductees
Performers
Non Performers
Literature
Albums
Singles/album tracks
References
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External links
Blues Foundation official website
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Blues music awards
Music halls of fame
Halls of fame in Tennessee
Awards established in 1980
Music museums in Tennessee
Museums in Memphis, Tennessee