Editing Howlin' Wolf (section)

==Awards and nominations==
In 1972, Howlin' Wolf was awarded an honorary doctor of arts degree from [[Columbia College Chicago|Columbia College]] in Chicago.{{sfn|Sawyers|2012|p=161}}

===Grammy Hall of Fame===
In 1999, Wolf's recording of "Smokestack Lightning" was selected for a [[Grammy Hall of Fame Award]], an award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least 25 years old and have "qualitative or historical significance".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame#s |title=Grammy Hall of Fame Awards |publisher=[[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|The Recording Academy]] |year=1999 |access-date=April 17, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707235113/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame |archive-date=July 7, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

{| class=wikitable
|-
| colspan=5 align=center | '''Howlin' Wolf [[Grammy Award]] history'''
|-
! Year
! Title
! Genre
! Label
! Year inducted
|- align=left
| 1956
| "[[Smokestack Lightning]]"
| Blues (Single)
| Chess
| 1999
|- align=left
|}

===Rock and Roll Hall of Fame===
The [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] listed three songs by Howlin' Wolf in its "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockhall.com/exhibithighlights/500-songs |title=500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll |website=Exhibit Highlights |publisher=[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] |year=1995 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070502032502/http://www.rockhall.com/exhibithighlights/500-songs |archive-date=May 2, 2007 |access-date=April 17, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

{| class=wikitable
|-
! Year recorded
! Title
|- align=center
| 1956
| "[[Smokestack Lightning]]"
|- align=center
| 1960
| "[[Spoonful]]"
|- align=center
| 1961
| "[[Little Red Rooster|The Red Rooster]]"
|- align=center
|}

===The Blues Foundation Awards===
{| class=wikitable
|-
| colspan=5 align=center | '''Howlin' Wolf: [[Blues Music Award]]s'''<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.blues.org/awards-search/?cat=bma |title = Awards Search |website = The [[Blues Foundation]] |access-date = April 17, 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194726/http://www.blues.org/awards-search/?cat=bma |archive-date = March 4, 2016 |df = mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
! Year
! Category
! Title
! Result
|- align=center
| 2004
| Historical Blues Album of the Year
| ''[[The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions]]''
| Nominated
|- align=center
| 1995
| Reissue Album of the Year
| ''Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog''
| Nominated
|- align=center
| 1992
| Vintage or Reissue Blues Album—US or Foreign
| ''The Chess Box—Howlin' Wolf''
| Winner
|- align=center
| 1990
| Vintage/Reissue (Foreign)
| ''Memphis Days''
| Nominated
|- align=center
| 1989
| Vintage/Reissue Album (US)
| ''Cadillac Daddy''
| Nominated
|- align=center
| 1988
| Vintage/Reissue Album (Foreign)
| ''Killing Floor: Masterworks Vol. 5''
| Winner
|- align=center
| 1987
| Vintage/Reissue Album (US)
| ''[[Moanin' in the Moonlight]]''
| Winner
|- align=center
| 1981
| Vintage or Reissue Album (Foreign)
| ''[[The Real Folk Blues|More Real Folk Blues]]''
| Nominated
|- align=center
|}

===Inductions===
{| class=wikitable
|-
| colspan=5 align=center | '''Howlin' Wolf inductions'''
|-
! Year
! Institution
!Category
! Notes
|-
|2020
|Blues Hall of Fame  
|Classic of Blues Recording: Album
|''The Chess Box—Howlin' Wolf''<ref>{{Cite web|title=NEWS: The Blues Foundation names Blues Hall of Fame 2020 inductees: Bettye LaVette, Syl Johnson, Victoria Spivey, Eddie Boyd, George Smith, Billy Branch, Ralph Peer, and more!|url=https://blues.org/news-blues-hall-of-fame-2020-inductees-named-bettye-layette-syl-johnson-victoria-spivey-eddie-boyd-george-smith-billy-branch-ralph-peer/|last=Addison|date=2019-12-09|website=Blues Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-27}}</ref>
|- align="left"
|2012
|[[Memphis Music Hall of Fame]]
|Musicians
|Inaugural class
|- align="left"
| 2003
| [[Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame]]
|Blues
|
|- align="left"
| 1991
|[[List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees|Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]
|Early influences
| 
|- align="left"
| 1980
|[[Blues Hall of Fame]]
|Musicians
|
|- align=left
|}