MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The following is a list of 25 singers, musicians, songwriters, producers and disc jockeys who will be inducted in the Memphis Music Hall of Fame on Thursday night. The inductees all have strong Memphis ties.

Estelle Axton and Jim Stewart — Founders of Stax Records

Bobby "Blue" Bland — Blues singer

Booker T. and The MG's — R&B/soul/rock group

Lucie Campbell — Gospel composer/writer

George Coleman - Jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader

Jim Dickinson - Musician, songwriter, producer

Al Green — R&B/soul singer

W.C. Handy — Blues pioneer

Isaac Hayes — R&B/soul singer

Howlin' Wolf — Blues musician

B.B. King — Blues guitarist

Jerry Lee Lewis — Rock n' roll singer, piano player

Jimmie Lunceford — Band director, orchestra leader

Professor W.T. McDaniel — Music teacher, jazz performer

Memphis Minnie — Blues guitarist, singer

Willie Mitchell — Trumpeter, bandleader; former head of Hi Records

Dewey Phillips — Disc jockey; first to play Elvis Presley

Sam Phillips — Founder of Sun Studio; recorded Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis

Elvis Presley — Rock n' roll singer, actor, international celebrity; known as "The King of Rock n' Roll."

Otis Redding — R&B/soul singer

The Staple Singers — Gospel/soul singers

Rufus Thomas — R&B singer, disc jockey

Three 6 Mafia — Academy Award-winning rap group.

Nat D. Williams — Teacher, editor, disc jockey

ZZ Top — Southern rock band