1986
Chuck Berry
James Brown
Ray Charles
Sam Cooke
Fats Domino
The Everly Brothers
Buddy Holly
Jerry Lee Lewis
Elvis Presley
Little Richard
1987
The Coasters
Eddie Cochran
Bo Diddley
Aretha Franklin
Marvin Gaye
Bill Haley
B. B. King
Clyde McPhatter
Ricky Nelson
Roy Orbison
Carl Perkins
Smokey Robinson
Big Joe Turner
Muddy Waters
Jackie Wilson
1988
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
The Drifters
Bob Dylan
The Supremes
1989
Dion
Otis Redding
The Rolling Stones
The Temptations
Stevie Wonder
1990
Hank Ballard
Bobby Darin
The Four Seasons
The Four Tops
The Kinks
The Platters
Simon and Garfunkel
The Who
1991
LaVern Baker
The Byrds
John Lee Hooker
The Impressions
Wilson Pickett
Jimmy Reed
Ike and Tina Turner
1992
Bobby "Blue" Bland
Booker T. and the M.G.'s
Johnny Cash
The Isley Brothers
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Sam and Dave
The Yardbirds
1993
Ruth Brown
Cream
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Doors
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
Etta James
Van Morrison
Sly and the Family Stone
1994
The Animals
The Band
Duane Eddy
The Grateful Dead
Elton John
John Lennon
Bob Marley
Rod Stewart
1995
The Allman Brothers Band
Al Green
Janis Joplin
Led Zeppelin
Martha and the Vandellas
Neil Young
Frank Zappa
1996
David Bowie
Gladys Knight and the Pips
Jefferson Airplane
Pink Floyd
The Shirelles
The Velvet Underground
1997
The (Young) Rascals
The Bee Gees
Buffalo Springfield
Crosby, Stills and Nash
The Jackson Five
Joni Mitchell
Parliament-Funkadelic
1998
The Eagles
Fleetwood Mac
The Mamas and the Papas
Lloyd Price
Santana
Gene Vincent
1999
Billy Joel
Curtis Mayfield
Paul McCartney
Del Shannon
Dusty Springfield
Bruce Springsteen
The Staple Singers
2000
Eric Clapton
Earth, Wind & Fire
Lovin' Spoonful
The Moonglows
Bonnie Raitt
James Taylor
2001
Aerosmith
Michael Jackson
Queen
Steely Dan
Paul Simon
Solomon Burke
The Flamingos
Ritchie Valens
2002
Isaac Hayes
Brenda Lee
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Gene Pitney
The Ramones
Talking Heads
Chet Atkins(Sideman Category)
Looking over that list of inductees just shot down one of my theories (that Lynyrd Skynyrd didn't have enough 'longevity' with the original lineup). There appears to be a lot of short-lived acts that got into the Hall.
Puleeze...