Living Legends Foundation

HONOREES

1991

Rocky G
Jack Gibson
Hank Spann
Mavis Staples

1992

Ewart Abner
Al Bell
Ruth Brown
Dave Clark
Royce Fortune
George “Boogaloo” Frazier
Marvin “Hot Rod” Hubert
Quincy Jones
Chaka Khan
Mary Mason
Curtis Mayfield
Joe Medlin
Melvin Moore
Little Richard
William “Bunky” Shepard
Shelly Stewart
Sonny Taylor
Mary Wilson
Irene Ware

1993

Jimmy Bee
Kenny Gamble
Doug “Jocko” Henderson
Leon Huff
King James
Al Jefferson
Bernadine C. Washington
Bruce Webb
Louise Bishop-Williams
Georgie Woods

1994

Emma Garrett
Vaughn Harper
Hal Jackson
Maxx Kidd
Willie Mitchell
Dell Rice
Martha Jean “The Queen” Steinberg

1995

Mildred Carter
Enoch Gregory
Ron Mosley
Sylvia Robinson
Jerry Rushing
August Sims
Granville “Granny” White
Louise Bishop-Williams
Georgie Woods

1996

BB Davis
Tom Draper
Ted Hudson
Warren Lanier
Eddie O’Jay
Beverly Taylor

1997

Brenda Andrews
Verna Green
Estes Fletcher
Cecil Holmes
Tom Joyner
Jim Tyrrell

1998

Henry Allen
Willie Barney
Violet Brown
Eula Mae Hatter
Diamond Jim Sears
Buzzy Willis
Mary Wilson

1999

Ed Castleberry
Harry Coombs
Oscar Fields
Earnest James
Amos Keaton
Lorraine Murphy

2000

Kelvin Anderson
Gary Byrd
Frank Chaplin
Harold Childs
Bobby O’Jay
Bob Perry

2001

Larkin Arnold
David Banks
Barry Beal
Vinny Brown
George Daniels
Barry Mayo

2002

Carol Cruickshank
Ray Harris
Pete Jones
Jimmy Starks
Ernie Singleton
Elroy Smith
Eddie 3-Way

2003

Terri Avery
Robert Johnson
C.C. McClendon
Terri Rossi
Vernon Slaughter
Charles Warfield

2005

Doug Banks
Doc Wynter

2006

Skip Cheatham
Charles Goldstruck
Stephen Hill
LA Reid

2007

Clarence Avant
Catherine Brewton
Ken Johnson

2008

Jermaine Dupri
Thea Mitchem
Jon Platt
Kool & the Gang
(Lifetime Achievement)

2009

Kevin Liles
DJ Red Alert
Kathy Brown

2011

Skip Dillard
Mathew Knowles
Russell Perry

2014

Lee Bailey
Keith Clinkscales
Ethiopia Habtemariam
Cathy Hughes
KJLH Radio
Rushion McDonald
Gail Mitchell
Aundrae Russell

2015

Big Boy
Troy Carter
Carter Broadcast Group
Don Cody
Jeffrey Harleston
Vicki & Claude Lataillade
James Leach
Kendall Minter
Gwendolyn Quinn
Ruben Rodriguez
Logan Westbrooks

2016

Jamie Foster Brown
Sheila Eldridge
Tony Gray
Regina Jones
Larry Khan
Miller London
Herb Trawick

2017

Ray Chew and
Vivian Scott Chew
Steve Crumbley
Don Jackson
Larry Jackson
Varnell Johnson
Morace Landy
Tyrone Williams

2018

Denise Brown Henderson, Esq.
Cynthia Johnson
Michael Mauldin
Pat Shields
Eddie Sims and Belinda Wilson
Hurricane Dave Smith
Bruce Talamon

2019

Hymen Childs
Sheila Coates
Steve Hegwood
Karen Lee
Sidney Miller
Frank Ski
Dedra Tate
Phil Thornton
Maurice White
Dyana Williams

2022

Ronald “Slim” Williams
Bryan “Birdman” Williams
Charlamagne Tha God
Curtis Symonds
Geo Bivins
Johnnie Walker
Tuma Basa
Sharon Heyward
Hank Caldwell
Aundrae Russell

2023

Vernon Brown
Rocky Bucano
Shanti Das
Nelson George
Tracey J. Jordan
Walt “Baby” Love
Ed Lover
Jacqueline Rhinehart
Lionel Ridenour
Ruben Rodriguez
Logan Westbrooks

2024

Joi Brown
Chris Chambers
Ed Eckstine
Gwen Franklin
Harvey Mason Jr
L. Londell McMillan
Mike Kelly
Donnie Simpson