1987 Performer Aretha Franklin B.B. King Big Joe Turner Bill Haley Bo Diddley Carl Perkins Clyde McPhatter Eddie Cochran Jackie Wilson Marvin Gaye Muddy Waters Ricky Nelson Roy Orbison Smokey Robinson...
1988 Performer Bob Dylan The Beach Boys The Beatles The Drifters The Supremes Early Influence Lead Belly Les Paul Woody Guthrie Non-Performer Berry Gordy, Jr
1989 Performer Dion Otis Redding Stevie Wonder The Rolling Stones The Temptations Early Influence Bessie Smith The Ink Spots The Soul Stirrers Non-Performer Phil Spector
1990 Performer Bobby Darin Hank Ballard Simon and Garfunkel The Four Seasons The Four Tops The Kinks The Platters The Who Early Influence Charlie Christian Louis Armstrong Ma Rainey Non-Performer...
1991 Performer Ike and Tina Turner Jimmy Reed John Lee Hooker LaVern Baker The Byrds The Impressions Wilson Pickett Early Influence Howlin' Wolf Lifetime Achievement Nesuhi Ertegun Non-Performer...
1992 Performer Bobby "Blue" Bland Booker T. and the M.G.'s Johnny Cash Sam and Dave The Isley Brothers The Jimi Hendrix Experience The Yardbirds Early Influence Elmore James Professor Longhair ...
1993 Performer Cream Creedence Clearwater Revival Etta James Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers Ruth Brown Sly and the Family Stone The Doors Van Morrison Early Influence Dinah Washington ...
1994 Performer Bob Marley Duane Eddy Elton John John Lennon Rod Stewart The Band The Animals The Grateful Dead Early Influence Willie Dixon Non-Performer Johnny Otis