Inductees by Year: 1987

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  Leonard Chess

  Induction category: Non-Performer
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  The Coasters

  Induction category: Performer
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  Eddie Cochran

  Induction category: Performer
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  Bo Diddley

  Induction category: Performer
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  Ahmet Ertegun

  Induction category: Non-Performer
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  Aretha Franklin

  Induction category: Performer
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  Marvin Gaye

  Induction category: Performer
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  Bill Haley

  Induction category: Performer
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  Louis Jordan

  Induction category: Early Influence
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  B.B. King

  Induction category: Performer | Presented by: Sting
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  Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

  Induction category: Non-Performer
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  Clyde McPhatter

  Induction category: Performer | Presented by: Ben E. King
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  Ricky Nelson

  Induction category: Performer | Presented by: John Fogerty
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  Roy Orbison

  Induction category: Performer
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  Carl Perkins

  Induction category: Performer
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  Smokey Robinson

  Induction category: Performer
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  Big Joe Turner

  Induction category: Performer
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  T-Bone Walker

  Induction category: Early Influence
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  Muddy Waters

  Induction category: Performer | Presented by: Paul Butterfield
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  Jerry Wexler

  Induction category: Non-Performer
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  Hank Williams

  Induction category: Early Influence
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  Jackie Wilson

  Induction category: Performer