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 Tormé 2000: Harry Belafonte, Woody Guthrie, John Lee Hooker, Mitch Miller, Willie Nelson 2001: The Beach Boys, Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis, 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, , , 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, Joe Willie „Pinetop” Perkins, The Staple Singers 2006: David Bowie, Cream, , Robert Johnson, Jessye Norman, Richard Pryor, The Weavers 2007: Joan Baez, Booker T.