1986

• Chuck Berry
• James Brown
• Ray Charles
• Sam Cooke
• Fats Domino
• The Everly Brothers
• Buddy Holly
• Jerry Lee Lewis
• Elvis Presley
• Little Richard

1987

• The Coasters
• Eddie Cochran
• Bo Diddley
• Aretha Franklin
• Marvin Gaye
• Bill Haley
• B.B. King
• Clyde McPhatter
• Ricky Nelson
• Roy Orbison
• Carl Perkins
• Smokey Robinson
• Big Joe Turner
• Muddy Waters
• Jackie Wilson

1988

• The Beach Boys
• The Beatles
• The Drifters
• Bob Dylan
• The Supremes

1989

• Dion DiMucci
• Otis Redding
• The Rolling Stones
• The Temptations
• Stevie Wonder

1990

• Hank Ballard
• Bobby Darin
• The Four Seasons
• The Four Tops
• The Kinks
• The Platters
• Simon & Garfunkel
• The Who

1991

• LaVern Baker
• The Byrds
• John Lee Hooker
• The Impressions
• Wilson Pickett
• Jimmy Reed
• Ike & Tina Turner

1992

• Bobby Bland
• Booker T. & the M.G.'s
• Johnny Cash
• The Isley Brothers
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• Sam & Dave
• The Yardbirds

1993

• Ruth Brown
• Cream
• Creedence Clearwater Revival
• The Doors
• Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
• Etta James
• Van Morrison
• Sly and the Family Stone

1994

• The Animals
• The Band
• Duane Eddy
• The Grateful Dead
• Elton John
• John Lennon
• Bob Marley
• Rod Stewart

1995

• The Allman Brothers Band
• Al Green
• Janis Joplin
• Led Zeppelin
• Martha and the Vandellas
• Neil Young
• Frank Zappa

1996

• David Bowie
• Gladys Knight & the Pips
• Jefferson Airplane
• Little Willie John
• Pink Floyd
• The Shirelles
• The Velvet Underground

1997

• The (Young) Rascals
• Bee Gees
• Buffalo Springfield
• Crosby, Stills & Nash
• The Jackson 5
• Joni Mitchell
• George Clinton, Parliament-Funkadelic

1998

• Eagles
• Fleetwood Mac
• The Mamas and the Papas
• Lloyd Price
• Santana
• Gene Vincent

1999

• Billy Joel
• Curtis Mayfield
• Paul McCartney
• Del Shannon
• Dusty Springfield
• Bruce Springsteen
• The Staple Singers

2000

• Eric Clapton
• Earth, Wind & Fire
• The Lovin' Spoonful
• The Moonglows
• Bonnie Raitt
• James Taylor

2001

• Aerosmith
• Solomon Burke
• The Flamingos
• Michael Jackson
• Queen
• Paul Simon
• Steely Dan
• Ritchie Valens

2002

• Isaac Hayes
• Brenda Lee
• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• Gene Pitney
• Ramones
• Talking Heads

2003

• AC/DC
• The Clash
• Elvis Costello and the Attractions
• The Police
• The Righteous Brothers

2004

• Jackson Browne
• The Dells
• George Harrison
• Prince
• Bob Seger
• Traffic
• ZZ Top

2005

• U2
• The Pretenders
• The O'Jays
• Percy Sledge
• Buddy Guy

2006

• Black Sabbath
• Blondie
• Miles Davis
• Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Sex Pistols

2007

• Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
• R.E.M.
• The Ronettes
• Patti Smith
• Van Halen

2008

• The Dave Clark Five
• Leonard Cohen
• John Mellencamp
• The Ventures
• Madonna

2009

• Metallica
• Jeff Beck
• Bobby Womack
• Run–D.M.C.
• Little Anthony & the Imperials

2010

• ABBA
• Genesis
• Jimmy Cliff
• The Hollies
• The Stooges

2011

• Alice Cooper
• Darlene Love
• Dr. John
• Neil Diamond
• Tom Waits

2012

• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Guns N' Roses
• Beastie Boys
• Donovan
• The Small Faces / Faces
• The Blue Caps (Gene Vincenti taustaansambel)
• The Comets (Bill Haley taustaansambel)
• The Crickets (Buddy Holly taustaansambel)
• The Famous Flames (James Browni taustaansambel)
• The Midnighters (Hank Ballardi taustaansambel)
• The Miracles (Smokey Robinsoni taustaansambel)

2013

• Heart
• Albert King
• Randy Newman
• Public Enemy
• Rush
• Donna Summer

2014

• Peter Gabriel
• Hall & Oates
• Kiss
• Nirvana
• Linda Ronstadt
• Cat Stevens

2015

• The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
• Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
• Lou Reed
• Green Day
• Stevie Ray Vaughan ja Double Trouble
• Bill Withers

2016

• Cheap Trick
• Chicago
• Deep Purple
• N.W.A
• Steve Miller

2017

• Electric Light Orchestra
• Joan Baez
• Journey
• Pearl Jam
• Tupac Shakur
• Yes

2018

• Bon Jovi
• The Cars
• Dire Straits
• The Moody Blues
• Nina Simone

2019

• The Cure
• Def Leppard
• Janet Jackson
• Stevie Nicks
• Radiohead
• Roxy Music
• The Zombies

2020

• Depeche Mode
• The Doobie Brothers
• Whitney Houston
• Nine Inch Nails
• The Notorious B.I.G.
• T. Rex

2021

• Foo Fighters
• The Go-Go's
• Jay-Z
• Carole King
• Todd Rundgren
• Tina Turner

2022

• Pat Benatar
• Duran Duran
• Eminem
• Eurythmics
• Dolly Parton
• Lionel Richie
• Carly Simon

2023

• Kate Bush
• Sheryl Crow
• Missy Elliott
• George Michael
• Willie Nelson
• Rage Against the Machine
• The Spinners

2024

• Mary J. Blige
• Cher
• Dave Matthews Band
• Foreigner
• Peter Frampton
• Kool & the Gang
• Ozzy Osbourne
• A Tribe Called Quest

• Jimmie Rodgers (1986)
• Jimmy Yancey (1986)
• Robert Johnson (1986)
• Louis Jordan (1987)
• T-Bone Walker (1987)
• Hank Williams (1987)
• Woody Guthrie (1988)
• Lead Belly (1988)
• Les Paul (1988)
• The Ink Spots (1989)
• Bessie Smith (1989)
• The Soul Stirrers (1989)
• Charlie Christian (1990)
• Louis Armstrong (1990)
• Ma Rainey (1990)
• Howlin' Wolf (1991)
• Elmore James (1992)
• Professor Longhair (1992)
• Dinah Washington (1993)
• Willie Dixon (1994)
• The Orioles (1995)
• Pete Seeger (1996)
• Mahalia Jackson (1997)
• Bill Monroe (1997)
• Jelly Roll Morton (1998)
• Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (1999)
• Charles Brown (1999)
• Nat King Cole (2000)
• Billie Holiday (2000)
• Wanda Jackson (2009)
• Freddie King (2012)
• The "5" Royales (2015)
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe (2018)
• Kraftwerk (2021)
• Charley Patton (2021)
• Gil Scott-Heron (2021)
• Harry Belafonte (2022)
• Elizabeth Cotten (2022)
• DJ Kool Herc (2023)
• Link Wray (2023)
• Alexis Korner (2024)
• John Mayall (2024)
• Big Mama Thornton (2024)

• Alan Freed (1986)
• Sam Phillips (1986)
• Leonard Chess (1987)
• Ahmet Ertegun (1987)
• Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (1987)
• Jerry Wexler (1987)
• Berry Gordy, Jr. (1988)
• Phil Spector (1989)
• Gerry Goffin ja Carole King (1990)
• Holland–Dozier–Holland (1990)
• Dave Bartholomew (1991)
• Ralph Bass (1991)
• Leo Fender (1992)
• Bill Graham (1992)
• Doc Pomus (1992)
• Dick Clark (1993)
• Milt Gabler (1993)
• Johnny Otis (1994)
• Paul Ackerman (1995)
• Tom Donahue (1996)
• Syd Nathan (1997)
• Allen Toussaint (1998)
• George Martin (1999)
• Clive Davis (2000)
• Chris Blackwell (2001)
• Jim Stewart (2002)
• Mo Ostin (2003)
• Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff (2008)
• David Geffen (2010)
• Otis Blackwell (2010)
• Jeff Barry ja Ellie Greenwich (2010)
• Mort Shuman (2010)
• Jesse Stone (2010)
• Barry Mann ja Cynthia Weil (2010)
• Jac Holzman (2011)
• Art Rupe (2011)
• Don Kirshner (2012)
• Lou Adler (2013)
• Quincy Jones (2013)
• Brian Epstein (2014)
• Andrew Loog Oldham (2014)
• Bert Berns (2016)
• Irving Azoff (2020)
• Jon Landau (2020)
• Clarence Avant (2021)
• Allen Grubman (2022)
• Jimmy Iovine (2022)
• Sylvia Robinson (2022)
• Don Cornelius (2023)
• Suzanne de Passe (2024)

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• Hal Blaine (2000)
• King Curtis (2000)
• James Jamerson (2000)
• Scotty Moore (2000)
• Earl Palmer (2000)
• James Burton (2001)
• Johnnie Johnson (2001)
• Chet Atkins (2002)
• Benny Benjamin (2003)
• Floyd Cramer (2003)
• Steve Douglas (2003)
• Little Walter (2008)
• Bill Black (2009)
• D. J. Fontana (2009)
• Spooner Oldham (2009)
• Leon Russell (2011)
• Cosimo Matassa (2012)
• Tom Dowd (2012)
• Glyn Johns (2012)
• E Street Band (2014)
• Ringo Starr (2015)
• Nile Rodgers (2017)
• LL Cool J (2021)
• Billy Preston (2021)
• Randy Rhoads (2021)
• Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis (2022)
• Judas Priest (2022)
• Chaka Khan (2023)
• Al Kooper (2023)
• Bernie Taupin (2023)
• Jimmy Buffett (2024)
• MC5 (2024)
• Dionne Warwick (2024)
• Norman Whitfield (2024)

2018

• Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats – "Rocket 88" (1951)
• Link Wray – "Rumble" (1958)
• Chubby Checker – "The Twist" (1960)
• The Kingsmen – "Louie Louie" (1963)
• Procol Harum – "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (1967)
• Steppenwolf – "Born to Be Wild" (1968)

2019

• The Chantels – "Maybe" (1957)
• The Champs – "Tequila" (1958)
• Barrett Strong – "Money (That's What I Want)" (1959)
• The Isley Brothers – "Twist and Shout" (1962)
• The Shangri-Las – "Leader of the Pack" (1964)
• The Shadows of Knight – "Gloria" (1965)

2020

• Irma Thomas – "Time Is on My Side" (1964)
• Junior Walker & the All-Stars – "Shotgun" (1965)
• Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs – "Wooly Bully" (1965)
• The Troggs – "Wild Thing" (1966)
• The Box Tops – "The Letter" (1967)