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-mo ...

. 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 ...

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

External links

Blues Foundation official website
{{authority control Blues music awards Music halls of fame Halls of fame in Tennessee Awards established in 1980 Music museums in Tennessee Museums in Memphis, Tennessee