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The Alabama Music Hall of Fame, first conceived by the Muscle Shoals Music Association in the early 1980s, was created by the Alabama Music Hall of Fame Board, which then saw to its Phase One construction of a 12,500 sq ft (1,160 m²) facility after a statewide referendum in 1987. It currently stands in the town of Tuscumbia, Alabama.

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Purpose

The Alabama Music Hall of Fame serves to showcase a multitude of different Alabamians who have had a significant impact upon the music industry. From musicians to songwriters, management, and publishing, The Alabama Music Hall of Fame provides several ways of honoring its "achievers," including informative exhibitions, a bronze star on their Walk of Fame, and the achievers' inclusion in the Hall of Fame roster.

Inductees

Name	Year
Alabama	1993
Arthur Alexander	2005
Big Mama Thornton	2020
Billy Sherrill	1995
The Blind Boys of Alabama	2010
Bobby Denton	2010
Bobby Goldsboro	1999
Boyd Bennett	2008
Buddy Buie	2010
Candi Staton	2014
Charlie Monk	2014
Chuck Leavell	2016
Clarence Carter	2003
Cleveland Eaton	2008
Commodores	1995
Curly Putman	1993
Dan Penn	2014
David Briggs	1999
Delmore Brothers	1989
Dinah Washington	1991
Don Davis	1997
Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay	2016
Donna Hilley	1999
Donnie Fritts	2008
Eddie Floyd	2003
Eddie Hinton	2018
Eddie Levert	2010
Elton Stephens	2020
Emmylou Harris	2003
Ernie Ashworth	2008
Erskine Hawkins	1989
Freddie Hart	2001
Gary Baker	2020
Hank Locklin	2014
Hugh Martin	2001
J.R. "Pap" Baxter	2001
Jake Hess	1995
James Joiner	1991
James Reese Europe	2003
Jerry Carrigan	2010
Jerry Wexler	1987
Jim Nabors	2001
Jimmie Rodgers	1993
Joe L. Frank	1989
John "Fess" Whatley	1991
Johnny Sandlin	2016
Kelso Herston	1997
Lionel Richie	1997
Louvin Brothers	1991
Mac McAnally	2018
Mack Vickery	2003
Martha Reeves	1995
Mervyn Warren	2020
Muscle Shoals Horns	2016
Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section	1995
Norbert Putnam	2005
Odetta	2018
Paul Hornsby	2010
Percy Sledge	1993
Ray Sawyer	2005
Rose Maddox	1997
Sam Phillips	1987
Sonny James	1987
Speer Family	1997
Spooner Oldham	2014
Sun Ra	2014
Take 6	1991
Tammy Wynette	1993
Temptations	1999
Terry Thomson	2010
The Thrasher Brothers	2005
Tommy Shaw	2008
Vern Gosdin	2005
W.C. Handy	1987
Walt Aldridge	2018
Wet Willie	2016
William L. Dawson	1989
William Lee Golden	1997
Wilson Pickett	1999

Plans

Both a second and third phase are being planned as future expansions for the Alabama Music Hall of Fame:

• The second addition is going to be a 1500-seat "state of the art" audio-video recording auditorium.
• The third addition is to be a "southern music" research library.

See also

• List of music museums

References

• Staggs, Myra (February 18, 1982). "Governor Boosts State Music Hall Of Fame". TimesDaily. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
• Palmer, David (July 6, 1984). "Alliance forms to give support to hall of fame". TimesDaily. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
• Litchfield, Robyn Bradley (March 26, 2010). "State pays tribute to some of its stars with Music Hall of Fame inductions". Montgomery Advertiser. Archived from the original on April 4, 2010. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
• Greene, Teri (March 26, 2010). "Alabama Music Hall of Fame welcomes inductees in style". Montgomery Advertiser. Archived from the original on January 17, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2010.

External links

• Alabama Music Hall of Fame

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