Louis Prima, Louis Armstrong, Chris Kenner, Ernie K-Doe, Al Hirt, Faron Young, Mahalia Jackson, Claude King, Bessie Griffin, Hank Williams Jr., David Houston, Glenn Sutton, Leadbelly, O.C. Smith, Joe Simon, Floyd Cramer

Jean Knight, Floyd Cramer, Jerry Kennedy, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Brother Montgomery, Leadbelly, Shirley & Company (Shirley Goodman), Joe Simon, Mahalia Jackson, Allen Toussaint, Clifton Chenier, Hank Williams Jr., Lonnie Brooks

Floyd Cramer, Little Brother Montgomery, Queen Ida, Sandy Pinkard, Lonnie Brooks, Mighty Joe Young, Wynton Marsalis, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Clifton Chenier, Hank Williams Jr., Rockin' Dopsie, Buckwheat Zydeco, Rockin' Sidney, Dewey Balfa, BeauSoleil, Branford Marsalis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Copeland, Professor Longhair, Earl King, Illinois Jacquet, Guitar Slim Jr., Aaron Neville, Neville Brothers, Harry Connick Jr., Dr. John, Cajun Tradition

Aaron Neville, Harry Connick Jr., Branford Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Wynton Marsalis, Basin Brothers, Whitstein Brothers, Earl Palmer, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Linda Hopkins, Jimmy C. Newman, BeauSoleil, Buddy Guy, Irma Thomas, Brooks & Dunn, Dr. John, Lucinda Williams, Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys, The Cox Family, B.J. Crosby, Neville Brothers, Art Neville, Tim McGraw, Nicholas Payton, D.J. Fontana, The Hackberry Ramblers, Jo-El Sonnier, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Henry Gray, Britney Spears, Dukes of Dixieland

Britney Spears, Dr. John, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Mystikal, Tim McGraw, Brooks & Dunn, Terence Blanchard, Branford Marsalis, Aaron Neville, Bobby Rush, Jo-El Sonnier, Chris Thomas King, The Cox Family, Lucinda Williams, Harry Connick Jr., Nicholas Payton, Los Hombres Calientes, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Buddy Guy, BeauSoleil, Victoria Williams, Norman Brown, Big Tymers, Michael Doucet, Paul McCoy, Sonny Landreth, Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys, Trace Adkins, Minister Timothy Britten, Lil' Wayne, Wynton Marsalis, Frankie Ford, Allen Toussaint, Christian Scott, Tab Benoit, Louisiana's LeRoux, Waylon Thibodeaux, Irma Thomas, Ann Savoy, Ledisi, Trin-I-Tee 5:7, Geno Delafose, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Pine Leaf Boys, Racines, Roddie Romero, Terrance Simien, Mute Math, James Burton, Cedric Watson

Louis Armstrong, Jimmie Davis, Fats Domino, Mahalia Jackson, King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, Leadbelly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Percy Mayfield, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Prima, Professor Longhair, Faron Young, Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Slim Harpo, Little Walter

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards

Louis Armstrong (1972), Fats Domino (1987), Mahalia Jackson (1972), Van Cliburn (2004), Jerry Lee Lewis (2005), Jelly Roll Morton (2005)

Grammy Trustees Awards

- Cosimo Matassa (2007)
- Allen Toussaint (2009)