| Grammy Awards 2009 |
Gene Autry
The Blind Boys of Alabama
The Four Tops
Hank Jones
Brenda Lee
Dean Martin
Tom Paxton |
| Grammy Awards 2008 |
Burt Bacharach
The Band
Cab Calloway
Doris Day
Itzhak Perlman
Max Roach
Earl Scruggs |
| Grammy Awards 2007 |
Joan Baez
Booker T. & The MG's
Maria Callas
Ornette Coleman
The Doors
The Grateful Dead
Bob Wills |
| Grammy Awards 2006 |
David Bowie
Cream
Merle Haggard
Robert Johnson
Jessye Norman
Richard Pryor
The Weavers |
| Grammy Awards 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 |
| Grammy Awards 2004 |
Van Cliburn
The Funk Brothers
Ella Jenkins
Sonny Rollins
Artie Shaw
Doc Watson |
| Grammy Awards 2003 |
Etta James
Johnny Mathis
Glenn Miller
Tito Puente
Simon and Garfunkel |
| Grammy Awards 2002 |
Count Basie
Rosemary Clooney
Perry Como
Al Green
Joni Mitchell |
| Grammy Awards 2001 |
The Beach Boys
Tony Bennett
Sammy Davis
Jr.
Bob Marley
The Who |
| Grammy Awards 2000 |
Harry Belafonte
Woody Guthrie
John Lee Hooker
Mitch Miller
Willie Nelson |
