- 1980: Big Bill Broonzy , Muddy Waters , Willie Dixon , Little Walter , BB King , Charlie Patton , Jimmy Reed , Bessie Smith , Otis Spann , T-Bone Walker , Sonny Boy Williamson I , Sonny Boy Williamson II , Lightnin' Hopkins , The La casa de los sueños , Howlin' Wolf , James Elmore , Blind Lemon Jefferson , Robert Johnson , Memphis Minnie , John Lee Hooker
- 1981: Tampa Red , Profesor Longhair , Roy Brown , Bobby "Blue" Bland , Willie McTell
- 1982: Big Walter Horton , Freddie King , Magic Sam , Ray Charles , Leroy Carr
- 1983: Albert King , Big Joe Turner , Robert Nighthawk , Louis Jordan , Ma Rainey
- 1984: Otis Rush , Willie May "Big Mama" Thornton , Hound Dog Taylor
- 1985: Buddy Guy , Slim Harpo , Chuck Berry , JB Hutto
- 1986: Tommy Johnson , Leadbelly , Albert Collins
- 1987: Percy Mayfield , Sonny Terry , Eddie Taylor
- 1988: Johnny Winter , Mississippi John Hurt , Little Milton , Jay McShann
- 1989: Clifton Chenier , Robert Lockwood , Menfis Slim
- 1990: Lonnie Johnson , Blind Blake , Bukka White
- 1991: Sleepy John Estes , Billie Holiday , Fred McDowell , Sunnyland Slim , Leonard Chess *
- 1992: Skip James , Big Joe Williams , Johnny brilla
- 1993: Campeón Jack Dupri , Lowell Fulson
- 1994: Vinoni Harris , Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup , Gene Nobles *, John y Alan Lomax *, John R* , Bill Allen *
- 1995: Jimmy Rogers , Phil Ajedrez *
- 1996: David "Honeyboy" Edwards , Charles Brown , Bob Koester *, Pete Welding *
- 1997: Brownie McGee , Coco Taylor , Bruce Iglauer *
- 1998: Luther Allison , Junior Wells , Lillian McMurry *, Sam Phillips *
- 1999: Roosevelt Sykes , Clarence Brown , Chris Strachwitz *, Lester Melrose *
- 2000: Stevie Ray Vaughn , Johnny Otis , Dick Waterman *
- 2001: Etta James , Junior Parker , Thomas Rufus , Robert Moffan Palmer *
- 2002: Ruth Brown , Big Macaio , Jim O'Neill *
- 2003: Sippy Wallace , Dinah Washington , Pinetop Perkins , Fats Domino , Ralph Bass *
- 2004: Blind Boy Fuller , Bo Diddley , Jay Mayo Williams *
- 2005: Walter Davis , Ike Turner , Henry Spare *
- 2006: James Cotton , Roy Milton , Roy Milton , Bobby Rush , Paul Butterfield , Los hermanos Buhari *, Bobby Robinson *, Jerry Wexler *
- 2007: Dr. John , Guitar Slim , Sister Rosetta Tharp , Dave Bartholomew , Art Roop *, Ahmet Ertegun *
- 2008: Hubert Sumlin , Jimmy Witherspoon , Mississippi Sheiks , Jimmy McCracklin , Petey Wheatstraw , Johnny Watson , John Hammond *, Paul Oliver *
- 2009: Son Seals , Gary Davis , Taj Mahal , Irma Thomas , Clifford Anthony *, Mike Leadbitter *, Bob Porter *
- 2010: Bonnie Raitt , William Handy , Gus Cannon & Jug Stompers de Cannon , Amos Milburn , Lonnie Brooks , Charlie Musselwhite , Sonny Payne *, Peter Guralnick *,
- 2011: Alberta Hunter , J.B. Lenoir , Denise LaSalle , Big Maybell , John Hammond , Robert Cray , Vivian Carter & Jimmy Bracken *, John Wesley Work III *, Samuel Charters *, Bruce Bromberg *
- 2012: Alan Toussaint , Michael Bloomfield , Buddy & Ella Johnson , Fury Lewis , Frank Stokes , Matt Murphy , Lazy Lester , Billy Boy Arnold , Purvis Spann *, Horst Lipmann *, Fritz Rau *, Doc Pomus *
- 2013: Earl Hooker , Jody Williams , Otis Clay , Joe Louis Walker , Hermanito Montgomery , Jimmy Rogers , Cosimo Matassa *, Henry Glover *, Henry Glover *, Henry Glover *, Dave Clark *
- 2014: Eddie Vinson , Robert Pete Williams , Big J McNeely , R.L. Burnside , Eddie Shaw , Dick Schurman *, Don Robie *, Mike Kappus *
- 2015: Tommy Brown , Eric Clapton , Little Richard
- 2016: Elvin Bishop , Eddie Clearwater , Jimmie Johnson , John Mayall , The Memphis Jug Band , Tommy Coach *, Wolfe Steffenson *
- 2017: Johnny Copeland , Henry Gray , Willie Johnson , Latimore , Magic Slim , Mavis Staples , Amy van Singel *
- 2018: Los ases , Thomas Dorsey , Sam Lay , Mami Smith , Pops Staples , Al Benson
- 2019: Aretha Franklin , Booker T. & the MG's , Count Basie , Ida Cox , Pee Wee Creighton , Moses Ash *
- 2020-2021: Eddie Boyd , Billy Branch , Seal Johnson , Betty Lovett , George Smith , Victoria Spivey , Ralph Pier *
- 2022: Lucille Bogan , Little Willie John , Johnny Taylor , Mary Aldean *, Otis Blackwell *
- - marcado como "no ejecutantes"
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