Year
|
Recipient
|
Ref.
|
1963
|
Bing Crosby
|
|
1965
|
Frank Sinatra
|
|
1966
|
Duke Ellington
|
|
1967
|
Ella Fitzgerald
|
|
1968
|
Irving Berlin
|
|
1971
|
Elvis Presley
|
|
1972
|
Louis Armstrong
,
Mahalia Jackson
|
|
1984
|
Chuck Berry
,
Charlie Parker
|
|
1985
|
Leonard Bernstein
|
|
1986
|
Benny Goodman
,
The Rolling Stones
,
Andres Segovia
|
|
1987
|
Roy Acuff
,
Benny Carter
,
Enrico Caruso
,
Ray Charles
,
Fats Domino
,
Woody Herman
,
Billie Holiday
,
B.B. King
,
Isaac Stern
,
Igor Stravinsky
,
Arturo Toscanini
,
Hank Williams
|
|
1989
|
Fred Astaire
,
Pablo Casals
,
Dizzy Gillespie
,
Jascha Heifetz
,
Lena Horne
,
Leontyne Price
,
Bessie Smith
,
Art Tatum
,
Sarah Vaughan
|
|
1990
|
Nat King Cole
,
Miles Davis
,
Vladimir Horowitz
,
Paul McCartney
|
|
1991
|
Marian Anderson
,
Bob Dylan
,
John Lennon
,
Kitty Wells
|
|
1992
|
James Brown
,
John Coltrane
,
Jimi Hendrix
,
Muddy Waters
|
|
1993
|
Chet Atkins
,
Little Richard
,
Thelonious Monk
,
Bill Monroe
,
Pete Seeger
,
Fats Waller
|
|
1994
|
Bill Evans
,
Aretha Franklin
,
Arthur Rubinstein
|
|
1995
|
Patsy Cline
,
Peggy Lee
,
Henry Mancini
,
Curtis Mayfield
,
Barbra Streisand
|
|
1996
|
Dave Brubeck
,
Marvin Gaye
,
Georg Solti
,
Stevie Wonder
|
|
1997
|
Bobby "Blue" Bland
,
The Everly Brothers
,
Judy Garland
,
Stephane Grappelli
,
Buddy Holly
,
Charles Mingus
,
Oscar Peterson
,
Frank Zappa
|
|
1998
|
Bo Diddley
,
The Mills Brothers
,
Roy Orbison
,
Paul Robeson
|
|
1999
|
Johnny Cash
,
Sam Cooke
,
Otis Redding
,
Smokey Robinson
,
Mel Torme
|
|
2000
|
Harry Belafonte
,
Woody Guthrie
,
John Lee Hooker
,
Mitch Miller
,
Willie Nelson
|
|
2001
|
The Beach Boys
,
Tony Bennett
,
Sammy Davis Jr.
,
Bob Marley
,
The Who
|
|
2002
|
Count Basie
,
Rosemary Clooney
,
Perry Como
,
Al Green
,
Joni Mitchell
|
|
2003
|
Etta James
,
Johnny Mathis
,
Glenn Miller
,
Tito Puente
,
Simon & Garfunkel
|
|
2004
|
Van Cliburn
,
The Funk Brothers
,
Ella Jenkins
,
Sonny Rollins
,
Artie Shaw
,
Doc Watson
|
|
2005
|
Eddy Arnold
,
Art Blakey
, The
Carter Family
,
Morton Gould
,
Janis Joplin
,
Led Zeppelin
,
Jerry Lee Lewis
,
Jelly Roll Morton
,
Pinetop Perkins
,
The Staple Singers
|
|
2006
|
David Bowie
,
Cream
,
Merle Haggard
,
Robert Johnson
,
Jessye Norman
,
Richard Pryor
,
The Weavers
|
|
2007
|
Joan Baez
,
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
,
Maria Callas
,
Ornette Coleman
,
The Doors
, The
Grateful Dead
,
Bob Wills
|
|
2008
|
Burt Bacharach
,
The Band
,
Cab Calloway
,
Doris Day
,
Itzhak Perlman
,
Max Roach
,
Earl Scruggs
|
|
2009
|
Gene Autry
,
The Blind Boys of Alabama
,
The Four Tops
,
Hank Jones
,
Brenda Lee
,
Dean Martin
,
Tom Paxton
|
|
2010
|
Leonard Cohen
,
Bobby Darin
,
David "Honeyboy" Edwards
,
Michael Jackson
,
Loretta Lynn
,
Andre Previn
,
Clark Terry
|
|
2011
|
Julie Andrews
,
Roy Haynes
,
Juilliard String Quartet
,
The Kingston Trio
,
Dolly Parton
,
Ramones
,
George Beverly Shea
|
[2]
|
2012
|
The Allman Brothers Band
,
Glen Campbell
,
Antonio Carlos Jobim
,
George Jones
,
The Memphis Horns
,
Diana Ross
,
Gil Scott-Heron
|
|
2013
|
Glenn Gould
,
Charlie Haden
,
Lightnin' Hopkins
,
Carole King
,
Patti Page
,
Ravi Shankar
,
The Temptations
|
[3]
|
2014
|
The Beatles
,
Clifton Chenier
,
The Isley Brothers
,
Kraftwerk
,
Kris Kristofferson
,
Armando Manzanero
,
Maud Powell
|
[4]
|
2015
|
Bee Gees
,
Pierre Boulez
,
Buddy Guy
,
George Harrison
,
Flaco Jimenez
,
The Louvin Brothers
,
Wayne Shorter
|
[5]
|
2016
|
Ruth Brown
,
Celia Cruz
,
Earth, Wind & Fire
,
Herbie Hancock
,
Jefferson Airplane
,
Linda Ronstadt
,
Run-DMC
|
[6]
|
2017
|
Shirley Caesar
,
Ahmad Jamal
,
Charley Pride
,
Jimmie Rodgers
,
Nina Simone
,
Sly Stone
,
The Velvet Underground
|
[7]
|
2018
|
Hal Blaine
,
Neil Diamond
,
Emmylou Harris
,
Louis Jordan
,
The Meters
,
Queen
,
Tina Turner
|
[8]
|
2019
|
Black Sabbath
,
George Clinton
and
Parliament-Funkadelic
,
Billy Eckstine
,
Donny Hathaway
,
Julio Iglesias
,
Sam & Dave
,
Dionne Warwick
|
[9]
|
2020
|
Chicago
,
Roberta Flack
,
Isaac Hayes
,
Iggy Pop
,
John Prine
,
Public Enemy
,
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
|
[10]
|
2021
|
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
,
Lionel Hampton
,
Marilyn Horne
,
Salt-N-Pepa
,
Selena
,
Talking Heads
|
[11]
|
2022
|
Bonnie Raitt
|
[12]
|
2023
|
Bobby McFerrin
,
Nirvana
,
Ma Rainey
,
Slick Rick
,
Nile Rodgers
,
The Supremes
,
Ann Wilson
and
Nancy Wilson
of
Heart
|
[13]
|
2024
|
Laurie Anderson
,
The Clark Sisters
,
Gladys Knight
,
N.W.A
,
Donna Summer
,
Tammy Wynette
|
[14]
|