Originally posted 1/22/2019; last updated 8/22/2023.
Dave’s Music Database Hall of Fame was established January 22, 2019 in honor of the 10th anniversary of the DMDB blog. Every month, a class of acts, albums, or songs are inducted. Here are the album inductee classes so far:
And here are all of the individual albums which have been inducted. Click on the album title to go to a detailed DMDB entry about the album. Click on the highlighted month/year to see the album’s induction entry.
A
5/20:
AC/DC Back in Black (1980)
2/19:
Adele 21 (2011)
11/22:
Aerosmith Toys in the Attic (1975)
11/21:
Alabama Greatest Hits (compilation: 1980-86, released 1986)
11/20:
Louis Armstrong The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (box set: 1925-28)
B
5/19:
Johann Sebastian Bach Goldberg Variations (1741)
2/22:
The Band Music from Big Pink (1968)
2/22:
The Band The Band (1969)
8/19:
Beach Boys Pet Sounds (1966)
5/23:
The Beatles A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
5/23:
The Beatles Help! (1965)
2/19:
The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
11/22:
The Beatles The Beatles (aka “The White Album”) (1968)
2/20:
The Beatles Abbey Road (1969)
2/20:
The Beatles 1 (compilation: 1962-70, released 2001)
2/21:
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor (Fate) (1808)
2/21:
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major (Emperor) (1811)
2/21:
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major (1812)
2/21:
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor (Choral) (1824)
8/20:
Harry Belafonte Calypso (1956)
8/21:
Bobby “Blue” Bland Two Steps from the Blues (recorded 1956-60, released 1961)
2/23:
Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet (1986)
11/22:
Boston Boston (1976)
5/19:
James Brown Live at the Apollo, Vol. 1 (1962)
5/21:
Dave Brubeck Time Out (1959)
11/20:
Henry Burr Anthology: The Original King of Pop (compilation: 1903-28)
11/21:
The Byrds Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968)
C
5/19:
Johnny Cash Live at Folsom Prison (1968)
11/21:
Ray Charles Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music (1962)
11/21:
Patsy Cline 12 Greatest Hits (compilation: 1957-63, released 1973)
8/21:
Eric Clapton From the Cradle (1994)
5/21:
Ornette Coleman The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959)
5/23:
Phil Collins No Jacket Required (1985)
5/21:
John Coltrane A Love Supreme (1965)
8/21:
Robert Cray Strong Persuader (1986)
8/20:
Bing Crosby Merry Christmas (aka ‘White Christmas’) (1945)
2/22:
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Déjà Vu (1970)
D
2/19:
Miles Davis Kind of Blue (1959)
5/21:
Miles Davis Bitches Brew (1970)
2/23:
Def Leppard Pyromania (1983)
2/23:
Def Leppard Hysteria (1987)
8/19:
Derek & the Dominos Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)
5/20:
Dire Straits Brothers in Arms (1985)
8/21:
Willie Dixon The Chess Box (compilation: 1951-69, released 1988)
11/22:
The Doors The Doors (1967)
2/22:
Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
8/19:
Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
5/19:
Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde (1966)
2/22:
Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks (1975)
E
2/20:
Eagles Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 (compilation: 1971-75, released 1976)
5/20:
Eagles Hotel California (1976)
11/20:
Duke Ellington The Blanton-Webster Band (box set: 1939-42)
5/21:
Duke Ellington At Newport (1956)
2/19:
Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
2/20:
Eminem The Eminem Show (2002)
2/20:
Eminem Recovery (2010)
F
11/19:
Fleetwood Mac Rumours (1977)
11/21:
The Flying Burrito Brothers The Gilded Palace of Sin (1969)
8/23:
Aretha Franklin I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
8/23:
Aretha Franklin Lady Soul (1968)
8/20:
Jane Froman With a Song in My Heart (soundtrack, 1952)
G
2/23:
Peter Gabriel So (1986)
11/19:
Judy Garland Judy at Carnegie Hall (live, 1961)
5/19:
Marvin Gaye What’s Going On (1971)
5/21:
Stan Getz with João Gilberto Getz/Gilberto (1963)
8/20:
Jackie Gleason Music for Lovers Only (1953)
11/20:
Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (live: 1938)
5/19:
Guns N’ Roses Appetite for Destruction (1987)
H-I
5/21:
Herbie Hancock Head Hunters (1973)
8/19:
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced? (1967)
8/23:
Whitney Houston Whitney Houston (1985)
5/23:
Whitney Houston Whitney (1987)
8/21:
Howlin’ Wolf Moanin’ in the Moonlight/Howlin’ Wolf (aka “The Rockin’ Chair Album”) (1959/1962)
J
8/23:
Janet Jackson Control (1986)
5/23:
Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989)
8/23:
Michael Jackson Off the Wall (1979)
2/19:
Michael Jackson Thriller (1982)
5/23:
Michael Jackson Bad (1987)
5/23:
Billy Joel The Stranger (1977)
5/20:
Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
2/19:
Robert Johnson The Complete Recordings (recorded 1936-37, released 1990)
8/20:
Al Jolson Songs He Made Famous (soundtrack, 1946)
5/21:
Norah Jones Come Away with Me (2002)
2/23:
Journey Escape (1981)
K
8/21:
Albert King Born Under a Bad Sign (1967)
8/21:
B.B. King Live at the Regal (recorded live 1964, released 1965)
11/19:
Carole King Tapestry (1971)
L
8/20:
Mario Lanza The Student Prince (soundtrack, 1954)
5/23:
Cyndi Lauper She’s So Unusual (1983)
5/19:
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
11/22:
Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti (1975)
M
5/23:
Madonna Like a Virgin (1984)
11/19:
Henry Mancini The Music from Peter Gunn (soundtrack, 1959)
5/20:
Bob Marley & the Wailers Legend (compilation: 1973-83, released 1984)
2/20:
Johnny Mathis Heavenly (1959)
8/21:
John Mayall’s Blue Breakers Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton (1966)
8/20:
M.C. Hammer Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em (1990)
5/20:
Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell (1977)
2/20:
Metallica Metallica (aka ‘The Black Album’) (1991)
5/23:
George Michael Faith (1987)
11/20:
Glenn Miller Glenn Miller (aka “Glenn Miller & His Orchestra”) (compilation: 1939-42)
5/21:
Charles Mingus Ah Um (1959)
2/22:
Joni Mitchell Blue (1971)
5/19:
Claudio Monteverdi L’Orfeo (Orpheus) (1607)
5/20:
Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill (1995)
2/22:
Van Morrison Astral Weeks (1968)
2/22:
Van Morrison Moondance (1970)
2/21:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro) (1786)
2/21:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni (1787)
11/20:
Billy Murray Anthology: The Denver Nightingale (compilation: 1903-40)
N-P
11/21:
Willie Nelson Red-Headed Stranger (1975)
2/19:
Nirvana Nevermind (1991)
11/21:
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will the Circle Be Unbroken (1972)
2/21:
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Pope Marcellus Mass (Missa Papae Marcelli) (1565)
11/21:
Gram Parsons Grievous Angel (1974)
11/20:
Charley Patton Founder of the Delta Blues (compilation: 1929-34)
2/19:
Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
11/22:
Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here (1975)
5/20:
Pink Floyd The Wall (1979)
2/23:
The Police Synchronicity (1983)
8/20:
Elvis Presley Blue Hawaii (soundtrack, 1961)
8/20:
Prince & the Revolution Purple Rain (soundtrack, 1984)
8/23:
Prince Sign ‘O’ the Times (1987)
5/19:
Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
Q-R
8/23:
Otis Redding Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965)
2/23:
REO Speedwagon Hi Infidelity (1981)
8/23:
Lionel Richie Can’t Slow Down (1983)
11/21:
Kenny Rogers Greatest Hits (compilation: 1969-80, released 1980)
11/22:
The Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street (1972)
2/23:
Rush Moving Pictures (1980)
S
5/19:
Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (1977)
2/22:
Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
11/19:
Paul Simon Graceland (1986)
5/21:
Frank Sinatra Songs for Swingin’ Lovers (1956)
8/23:
Sly & the Family Stone There’s a Riot Goin’ On (1971)
11/20:
Bessie Smith The Essential (compilation: 1923-33)
11/22:
Bruce Springsteen Born to Run (1975)
5/20:
Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
2/20:
Taylor Swift 1989 (2014)
T-V
2/21:
Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor (1875)
11/19:
U2 The Joshua Tree (1987)
11/22:
Van Halen Van Halen I (1978)
2/23:
Van Halen 1984 (1984)
8/21:
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Texas Flood (1983)
8/19:
Velvet Underground & Nico Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
2/21:
Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons (Le Quattro Stagioni) (1725)
W-Z
2/21:
Richard Wagner The Ring Cycle (Der Ring Des Nibelungen) (1874)
8/21:
Muddy Waters At Newport (live, 1960)
11/22:
The Who Tommy (1969)
8/19:
The Who Who’s Next (1971)
11/21:
Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits (compilation: 1947-53, released 1978)
8/23:
Stevie Wonder Talking Book (1972)
8/19:
Stevie Wonder Innervisions (1973)
11/19:
Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
8/19:
Neil Young After the Gold Rush (1970)
2/22:
Neil Young Harvest (1972)
2/23:
ZZ Top Eliminator (1983)
Various Artists
11/20:
Various Artists (edited by Harry Smith) Anthology of American Folk Music (box set: 1923-32)
8/20:
Various artists (Whitney Houston et al) The Bodyguard (soundtrack, 1992)
2/20:
Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics) & Frederick Loewe (music) Camelot (musical/cast album, 1960)
5/22:
Jerry Bock (music), Sheldon Harnick (lyrics) Fiddler on the Roof (musical/cast album, 1964)
5/20:
Various Artists (including Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta) Grease (soundtrack, 1978)
5/22:
Galt MacDermot (music) with Gerome Ragni & James Rado (lyrics) Hair (musical/cast album, 1967)
5/22:
Lin-Manuel Miranda (music & lyrics) Hamilton (musical/cast album, 2015)
5/22:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) & Tim Rice (lyrics) Jesus Christ Superstar (musical/cast album, 1971)
5/22:
Cole Porter (music & lyrics) Kiss Me, Kate (musical/cast album, 1949)
5/22:
Meredith Willson (music & lyrics) The Music Man (musical/cast album, 1957)
2/20:
Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics) & Frederick Loewe (music) My Fair Lady (musical/cast album, 1956)
5/22:
Richard Rodgers (music) & Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) Oklahoma! (musical/cast album, 1944)
2/20:
Richard Rodgers (music) & Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) Oklahoma! (soundtrack, 1955)
5/22:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) with Charles Hart & Richard Stilgoe (lyrics) Phantom of the Opera (musical/cast album, 1986)
11/20:
George Gershwin (music) with Ira Gershwin & Dubose Heyward (lyrics) Porgy and Bess (musical/cast album: 1935)
11/19:
Various Artists (including the Bee Gees) Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack, 1977)
5/22:
Jerome Kern (music) & Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) Show Boat (musical/cast album, 1927)
2/20:
Richard Rodgers (music) & Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) The Sound of Music (musical/cast album, 1959)
2/19:
Richard Rodgers (music) & Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) South Pacific (musical/cast album, 1949)
2/20:
Richard Rodgers (music) & Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) South Pacific (soundtrack, 1958)
5/22:
Leonard Bernstein (music) & Stephen Sondheim (lyrics) West Side Story (musical/cast album, 1957)
8/20:
Leonard Bernstein (music) & Stephen Sondheim (lyrics) West Side Story (soundtrack, 1961)
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