The Southern Legends Entertainment
and
Performing Arts Hall of Fame
Nominees for 2005
| Rock N Roll | Country | Blues | Rhythm & Blues | Bluegrass | Gospel |
| Elvis Presley | Jimmy Case (inducted) | Chuck Miller | Chuck Willis | The Bluegrass Champs | The Happy Goodman Family |
|
Dale Hawkins |
Dale Turner | Lazy Lester | Johnny Ace | Scotty Stoneman | The Lewis Family |
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Jerry Lee Lewis |
Bobby Stephenson | Howlin Wolf | Nat "King" Cole | The Osborne Brothers | The Statesmen Quartet |
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The Sparkletones |
George Hamilton IV | Jimmy Reed | The Del-Vikings | The Seldom Scene | The Blackwood Brothers Quartet |
| Gene Summers | Lamar Morris | John Lee Hooker | Little Milton | The Country Gentlemen | The Florida Boys |
| Carl Perkins | Johnny Darrell | Muddy Waters | Barbara Lynn | Jim & Jesse | The Blue Ridge Quartet |
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Little Richard |
Don Helms | Sonny Boy Williamson | Peggy Scott | Don Reno & Bill Harrell | The Blue Ridge Quartet |
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Pat Boone |
Brother Dave Gardner | Elmore James | Ray Sharpe | Fisher Hendley | Wendy Bagwell |
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Boyd Bennett |
Shorty Horton | Willie Dixon | Phil Phillips | Eddie & Martha Adcock | The Stamps |
| Fats Domino | Tom " Cat " Reeder | Little Walter | Joe Turner | The Dixie Humming Birds | |
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Sanford Clark |
Tony Booth | Johnny Johnson | |||
| J.P. Richardson | Hank Locklin | Aurther Crudup | |||
| Buddy Holly | Del Reeves | Rufus Thomas | |||
| The Everly Bros | Ferlin Husky | Jackie Brenston | |||
| Johnny Burnette | Jimmy Dean | ||||
| Johnny Cash | Roy Clark | ||||
| Conway Twitty | Carolina " Charlie" Wiggs | ||||
| Gene Vincent | Charlie Douglas | ||||
| Buddy Knox |
Nominees for 2006
| Rock N Roll | Country | Blues | Rhythm & Blues | Bluegrass | Gospel |
| Billy Swan | John Wesley Ryles | Slim Harpo | Lloyd Price | Earl Scruggs & Lester Flatt | Little Roy |
| Roland Janes | Rattlesnake Annie | Howlin Wolf | Mickey & Silvia | ||
| Lonnie Mack |
Bob Wood
|
John Lee Hooker | |||
| Bob Luman | Dorsey Burnette | Muddy Waters | |||
| Johnny Burnette | Warren Smith | Sonny Boy Williamson | |||
| Roy Buchanan | Patsy Cline | Little Walter | |||
| Danny Gatton | AL Sellers (DJ) | ||||
| Chuck Berry | Clint Miller | ||||
| Bo Diddley | Jimmy Dean | ||||
| Roy Clark | |||||
| Mickey Gilley | |||||
Nominees for 2007
| Rock N Roll | Country | Blues | Rhythm & Blues | Bluegrass | Gospel | Other |
| Mike Black | Jimmy Dean | The Blue Ridge Quartet | Don Boner - Screen Writer | |||
| James Kirkland | Tony Douglas | |||||
| Roy Clark | ||||||
| Ty England | ||||||
| Dale Wheba (DJ) | ||||||
| Eddie Stubbs (DJ) | ||||||
| Wanda Jackson | ||||||
| Connie Smith | ||||||
| Marty Stewart | ||||||
| Luke McCoy (DJ) | ||||||
| Mike Twitty | ||||||
| Hank Locklin | ||||||