Here are the Hall of Fame inductees and there inductors for the remainder of the 1980s.
| 1987 | |
| Coasters | Leslie Sill |
| Eddie Cochran | Mick Jones (Foreigner) |
| Bo Diddley | ZZ Top |
| Arehta Franklin | Keith Richards |
| Marvin Gaye | Ashford & Simpson |
| Bill Haley | Chuck Berry |
| B.B.King | Sting |
| Clyde McPhatter | Ben E. King |
| Ricky Nelson | John Fogerty |
| Roy Orbison | Bruce Springsteen |
| Carl Perkins | Sam Phillips |
| Smokey Robinson | Hall & Oates |
| Big Joe Turner | Doc Pomus |
| Muddy Waters | Paul Butterfield |
| Jackie Wilson | Peter Wolf (J. Geils Band) |
| 1988 | |
| Beach Boys | Elton John |
| Beatles | Mick Jagger |
| Drifters | Billy Joel |
| Bob Dylan | Bruce Springsteen |
| Supremes | Little Richard |
| 1989 | |
| Dion | Lou Reed |
| Otis Redding | Little Richard |
| Rolling Stones | Pete Townshend |
| Temptations | Hall & Oates |
| Stevie Wonder | Paul Simon |