Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame

Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame located in Clinton, Mississippi, honors it's native sons who carried the state's celebrated music heritage. It's a "who's who" of the blues, rock and roll, and jazz from their beginnings to present day.

Inductees

Blues

• Willie Dixon - Vicksburg, MS
• Mississippi John Hurt - Teoc, MS
• Robert Johnson - Hazlehurst, MS
• Tommy Johnson, Terry, MS
• B. B. King - Itta Bena, MS
• Charlie Patton - Edwards, MS
• Muddy Waters - Rolling Fork, MS
• Sonny Boy Williamson II - Glendora, MS
• Howlin Wolf - White Station, MS
• Pinetop Perkins - Belzoni, MS

Classical

• John Alexander - Meridian, MS
• Milton Bryon Babbitt - Jackson, MS
• Ruby Pearl Elzy - Pontotoc, MS
• Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield - Natchez, MS
• Samuel Jones - Inverness, MS
• Willard Palmer - McComb, MS
• Leontyne Price - Laurel, MS
• William Grant Still - Woodville, MS
• Walter Turnbull - Greenville, MS

Country

• Hank Cochran - Greenville, MS
• Charles Feathers - Holly Springs, MS
• Faith Hill - Ridgeland, MS
• Carl Jackson - Louisville, MS
• O. B. McCinton - Senatobia, MS
• Elsie McWilliams - Meridian, MS
• Ben Peters - Greenville, MS
• Charley Pride - Sledge, MS
• Jimmie Rodgers - Meridian, MS
• Mississippi Sheiks - Bolton, MS
• Conway Twitty - Friars Point, MS
• Tammy Wynette - Tremont, MS
• LeAnn Rimes - Pearl, MS

Gospel/Religious

• James Blackwood/The Blackwood Brothers - Ackerman, MS
• Blind Boys of Mississippi - Piney Woods School
• Canton Spirituals - Canton, MS
• C. L. Franklin - Sunflower County, MS
• Jackson Southernaires - Jackson, MS
• Mississippi Mass Choir/Frank D. Williams - Jackson, MS
• Pop Staples/Staples Singers - Winona, MS
• Rev. Cleophus Robinson, Canton, MS
• Williams Brothers - Smithdale, MS

Jazz

• Mose Allison - Tallahatchie County, MS
• Teddy Edwards - Jackson, MS
• Milt Hinton - Vicksburg, MS
• International Sweethearts of Rhythm - Piney Woods School
• Hank Jones - Vicksburg, MS
• Jimmie Lunceford - Fulton, MS
• Freddie Waits - Jackson, MS
• Cassandra Wilson - Jackson, MS
• Gerald Stanley Wilson - Shelby, MS
• Lester Young - Woodville, MS

   Ace Cannon - Grenada, MS

Multi-talented

• Marty Stuart - Philadelphia, MS

Popular

• Lance Bass - Laurel/Clinton, MS
• Guy Hovis - Tupelo, MS
• Van Dyke Parks - Hattiesburg, MS
• Nanette Workman - Jackson, MS

Production/Recording/Promotion

• Blackberry Records - Summit, MS
• Delta Records/Jimmie Ammons - Jackson, MS
• Marty Gamblin - Philadelphia, MS
• Malaco Records - Jackson, MS
• Willard and Lillian McMurry - Jackson, MS
• Peavey Electronics/Hartley Peavey - Meridian, MS
• H. C. Speir - Jackson, MS
• Johnny Vincent (John Imbragulio) - Laurel, MS
• Chris Ethridge - Meridian, MS

Rhythm and Blues

• Prentiss Barnes - Maglolia, MS
• Jerry Butler - Sunflower County
• Little Milton Campbell - Inverness, MS
• Sam Cooke - Clarksdale, MS
• Bo Diddley - McComb, MS
• John Lee Hooker - Clarksdale, MS
• Dorothy Moore - Jackson, MS
• Junior Parker - Clarksdale, MS
• Jimmy Reed - Dunleith, MS
• David Ruffin - Meridian, MS

Rock and Roll

• Blind Roosevelt Graves and the Mississippi Jook Band, Hattiesburg, MS
• Jackie Brenston - Clarksdale, MS
• Jimmy Buffett - Pascagoula, MS
• Rick's Continentals Band - Meridian, MS
• Paul Davis - Meridian, MS
• Steve Forbert - Meridian, MS
• Jerry Lee Lewis - Nesbit, MS
• Elvis Presley - Tupelo, MS
• Warren Smith - Louise, MS
• Ike Turner - Clarksdale, MS
• Mary Wilson - Greenville, MS
• David and the Giants - Laurel, MS

Theater/Broadway/Movie

• Dee Barton - Houston/Starkville, MS
• Olu Dara - Natchez, MS
• Lehman Engel - Jackson, MS
• Mundell Lowe - Laurel, MS
• Mary Ann Mobley - Brandon, MS
• Lloyd Wells - Laurel, MS

   Sela Ward - Meridian, MS
   Gerald McRaney - Collins, MS

Songwriting

• Jim Weatherly - Pontotoc, MS

Special

• Skeets McWilliams - Jackson, MS

External links

• Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame official website