First Hall of Fame induction for the Bluff City | Events

The Memphis Rock-N-Soul Museum's Memphis Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony and celebration kick off a great weekend of music in November. It takes place Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, 255 N. Main Street.

Tickets on the mezzanine and balcony levels are $30, $50 for the floor, and $100 for Gold Circle. You can order tickets through Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000.

This is the first Hall of Fame induction for the Bluff City.

Twenty-five music legends  will be honored in the inaugural ceremony including Elvis Presley, B.B. King, and Three 6 Mafia, Bobby Blue Bland, Howlin' Wolf and Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton. Below is the full list: 

• Al Green
• Bobby “Blue” Bland
• Booker T. and The MG’s
• Estelle Axton & Jim Stewart
• W.C. Handy
• Isaac Hayes
• Howlin’ Wolf
• Elvis Presley
• B.B. King
• Otis Redding
• Jerry Lee Lewis
• Willie Mitchell
• Three 6 Mafia
• Sam Phillips
• Lucie Campbell
• George Coleman
• Jim Dickinson
• Jimmie Lunceford
• Professor W.T. McDaniel
• Memphis Minnie
• Dewey Phillips
• The Staple Singers
• Rufus Thomas
• Nat D. Williams
• ZZ Top

On Friday, Nov. 30, the celebration continues with Memphis' legendary Blues Ball to honor the 2012 Memphis Music Hall of Fame Inductees at the Gibson Guitar Factory. For tickets to the Blues Ball, call 901-527-5683.