Editing Jimi Hendrix (section)

=== Recognition and awards ===
Hendrix was the recipient of several music awards during his lifetime and posthumously. In 1967, readers of ''[[Melody Maker]]'' voted him the Pop Musician of the Year and in 1968, ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' named him the Artist of the Year and ''Rolling Stone'' declared him the Performer of the Year. ''[[Disc and Music Echo]]'' honored him with the World Top Musician of 1969 and in 1970, ''[[Guitar Player]]'' named him the Rock Guitarist of the Year. The Jimi Hendrix Experience was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and the [[UK Music Hall of Fame]] in 2005. ''Rolling Stone'' has ranked the band's three studio albums, ''[[Are You Experienced]]'' (1967), ''[[Axis: Bold as Love]]'' (1967), and ''Electric Ladyland'' (1968), in its various lists of the "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]", and it ranked Hendrix as the greatest guitarist and the sixth-greatest artist of all time.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=October 13, 2023 |title=The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-guitarists-1234814010/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[File:Jimi Hendrix statue outside Dimbola Lodge.JPG|left|thumb|upright|alt=A color photograph of a bronze statue of a man holding an electric guitar.|Hendrix statue outside Dimbola Lodge, [[Isle of Wight]]]]

Hendrix received several prestigious rock music awards during his lifetime and posthumously. In 1967, readers of ''Melody Maker'' voted him the Pop Musician of the Year.{{sfn|Moskowitz|2010|p=130}} In 1968, ''Rolling Stone'' declared him the Performer of the Year.{{sfn|Moskowitz|2010|p=130}} Also in 1968, the City of Seattle gave him the keys to the city.{{sfn|McDermott|2009|p=90}} ''Disc & Music Echo'' newspaper honored him with the World Top Musician of 1969 and in 1970 ''Guitar Player'' magazine named him the Rock Guitarist of the Year.<ref>{{harvnb|Moskowitz|2010|p=130}}: the Rock Guitarist of the Year {{harvnb|Shapiro|Glebbeek|1995|p=722}}: World Top Musician of 1969.</ref>

''Rolling Stone'' ranked his three non-posthumous studio albums, ''Are You Experienced'' (1967), ''Axis: Bold as Love'' (1967), and ''Electric Ladyland'' (1968) among the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.{{sfn|Levy|2005|p=222}} They ranked Hendrix number one on their [[List of guitarists considered the greatest|list]] of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time, and number six on their list of the 100 greatest artists of all time.<ref>{{harvnb|Mayer|2011|p=18}}: 100 greatest artists; {{harvnb|Morello|2011|p=50}}: 100 greatest guitarists.</ref> ''Guitar World'''s readers voted six of Hendrix's solos among the top 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time: "Purple Haze" (70), "The Star-Spangled Banner" (52; from ''[[Live at Woodstock (Jimi Hendrix album)|Live at Woodstock]]''), "Machine Gun" (32; from ''Band of Gypsys''), "Little Wing" (18), "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" (11), and "[[All Along the Watchtower#The Jimi Hendrix Experience version|All Along the Watchtower]]" (5).<ref>{{cite web|title = 100 Greatest Guitar Solos (10–1)|work = Guitar World|url = http://www.guitarworld.com/features/gw-archive/guitar-world-lists/100-greatest-guitar-solos?page=4|access-date = July 15, 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130209055514/http://www.guitarworld.com/features/gw-archive/guitar-world-lists/100-greatest-guitar-solos?page=4|archive-date = February 9, 2013|url-status = live}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' placed seven of his recordings in their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: "Purple Haze" (17), "All Along the Watchtower" (47) "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" (102), "Foxy Lady" (153), "Hey Joe" (201), "Little Wing" (366), and "The Wind Cries Mary" (379).{{sfn|Wenner|2010|p=120}} They also included three of Hendrix's songs in their list of the ''100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time'': "Purple Haze" (2), "Voodoo Child" (12), and "Machine Gun" (49).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/20947527/page/40|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530224835/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/20947527/page/40|archive-date=May 30, 2008|title=100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time|magazine=Rolling Stone|url-status=dead|access-date=December 30, 2012}}</ref>

[[File:Denis Bourez - Madame Tussauds, London (8747018021).jpg|thumb|upright|A wax figure of Hendrix at [[Madame Tussauds]], London]]

A star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] was dedicated to Hendrix on November 14, 1991, at 6627 Hollywood Boulevard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/jimi-hendrix|title=Jimi Hendrix|publisher=Hollywood Walk of Fame|access-date=January 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202074120/http://www.walkoffame.com/jimi-hendrix|archive-date=December 2, 2012|url-status=live}}; {{Cite news|last=Meyer|first=Josh|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-11-22-me-81-story.html|title=Jimi Hendrix gets Star on Walk of Fame|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=November 22, 1991|access-date=January 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206155721/http://articles.latimes.com/1991-11-22/local/me-81_1_jimi-hendrix|archive-date=February 6, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> The Jimi Hendrix Experience was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, and the [[UK Music Hall of Fame]] in 2005.<ref name="R&RHOFB" />{{sfn|Hendrix|McDermott|2007|p=60}} In 1998, Hendrix was inducted into the [[Native American Music Awards|Native American Music Hall of Fame]] during its first year.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com/nama-1#1998|title=First Awards Ceremony: Hall of Fame{{snd}}Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Red Bow|website=Native American Music Award|access-date=May 6, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200513023900/https://nativeamericanmusicawards.com/nama-1#1998|archive-date=May 13, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>{{refn|group=nb|"The Nammys rest their definition of Indian music upon broadly drawn ethnic lines, circumventing issues of tribal enrollment and reservation-urban divisions. This is most evident in the selection of individuals to the NAMA Hall of Fame [and have] inducted mainstream stars like{{nbsp}}... Jimi Hendrix".<ref>{{harvnb|Wheelock|2012|p=236}}</ref>}} In 1999, readers of ''Rolling Stone'' and ''Guitar World'' ranked Hendrix among the most important musicians of the 20th century.{{sfn|Roby|2002|p=1}} In 2005, his debut album, ''Are You Experienced'', was one of 50 recordings added that year to the US [[National Recording Registry]] in the [[Library of Congress]], "[to] be preserved for all time&nbsp;... [as] part of the nation's audio legacy".<ref name="loc.gov">{{cite web|last=Fineberg|first=Gail|url=https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0605/nrr.html|title=National Recording Registry Grows|publisher=[[Library of Congress]]|date=May 2006|access-date=January 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045223/http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0605/nrr.html|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In Seattle, November 27, 1992, which would have been Hendrix's 50th birthday, was made Jimi Hendrix Day, largely due to the efforts of his boyhood friend, guitarist [[Sammy Drain]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Hendrix: The Lllustrated Story|first=Gillian G.|last=Gaar|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=TNA1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA194 194]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=City Arts|date=May 14, 2014|url= http://www.cityartsmagazine.com/jimi-all-my-side-opens-siff-2014/|title='Jimi: All Is By My Side' Opens SIFF 2014|first=Gillian G.|last=Garr|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115185026/http://www.cityartsmagazine.com/jimi-all-my-side-opens-siff-2014/|archive-date=January 15, 2018}}</ref>

The [[blue plaque]] identifying Hendrix's former residence at 23 [[Brook Street]], London, was the first issued by [[English Heritage]] to commemorate a pop star. Next door is the former residence of [[George Frideric Handel]], 25 Brook Street,<ref>{{harvnb|Unterberger|2009|p=225}}: Handel's former residence at 25 Brook Street; For the first blue plaque ever granted to a pop star see: {{harvnb|Wilkerson|Townshend|2006|p=76}}; For its entry in the English Heritage Blue Plaque database see: {{cite web|title=Jimi Hendrix Brook Street Blue Plaque|url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/hendrix-jimi-1942-1970|work=English Heritage Blue Plaque database|publisher=English Heritage Blue Plaque Scheme|access-date=March 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409081741/http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/hendrix-jimi-1942-1970|archive-date=April 9, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> which opened to the public as the Handel House Museum in 2001. From 2016 the museum made use of the upper floors of 23 for displays about Hendrix and was rebranded as [[Handel & Hendrix in London]].

''[[The Electric Lady Studio Guitar]]'', a sculpture depicting Hendrix playing a Stratocaster, stands near the corner of Broadway and Pine Streets in Seattle. In May 2006, the city renamed a park near its Central District [[Jimi Hendrix Park]], in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seattle.gov/parks/park_detail.asp?ID=3121|title=Jimi Hendrix Park|publisher=City of Seattle|access-date=September 22, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605081649/https://www.seattle.gov/parks/park_detail.asp?ID=3121|archive-date=June 5, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, an official historic marker was erected on the site of the July 1970 [[Atlanta International Pop Festival (1970)|Second Atlanta International Pop Festival]] near Byron, Georgia. The marker text reads, in part: "Over thirty musical acts performed, including rock icon Jimi Hendrix playing to the largest American audience of his career."<ref>Kulkosky, Victor. (September 19, 2012). "Byron Pop Festival Gets Historic Marker". ''The Leader Tribune'', Peach County, GA.</ref>

Hendrix's music has received a number of Hall of Fame Grammy awards, starting with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1992, followed by two Grammys in 1999 for his albums ''Are You Experienced'' and ''Electric Ladyland''; ''Axis: Bold as Love'' received a Grammy in 2006.<ref name="Hall of Fame">{{cite web|title=Hall of Fame |url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame#t |work=Database |publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |access-date=July 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122042616/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame |archive-date=January 22, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Lifetime Achievement Award (Grammy)|url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/lifetime-awards|work=Grammy.com's database and listing of award-winners|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|access-date=July 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703201633/https://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/lifetime-awards|archive-date=July 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2000, he received a Hall of Fame Grammy award for his original composition, "Purple Haze", and in 2001, for his recording of Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower". Hendrix's rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" was honored with a Grammy in 2009.<ref name="Hall of Fame" />

The [[United States Postal Service]] issued a commemorative postage stamp honoring Hendrix in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://usstampgallery.com/view.php?id=a4fa3848a31e32e44414477d76f77453c8e00a23|title=Jimi Hendrix|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160417102936/http://usstampgallery.com/view.php?id=a4fa3848a31e32e44414477d76f77453c8e00a23|archive-date=April 17, 2016|website=US Stamp Gallery}}</ref> On August 21, 2016, Hendrix was inducted into the [[Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame]] in [[Dearborn, Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2016/06/18/rhythm-and-blues-hall-of-fame-in-dearborn-announces-2016-inductees/|title=R&B Hall of Fame In Dearborn Announces 2016 Inductees|website=detroit.cbslocal.com|date=June 18, 2016|access-date=July 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824032332/http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2016/06/18/rhythm-and-blues-hall-of-fame-in-dearborn-announces-2016-inductees/|archive-date=August 24, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix United States Post Office in [[East Renton Highlands, Washington|Renton Highlands]] near Seattle, about a mile from Hendrix's grave and memorial, was renamed for Hendrix in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=Renton Highlands Post Office Has Been Renamed to Honor Jimi Hendrix|date=January 3, 2019|last=Daly|first=Taryn|website=[[KISW]].radio.com|url=https://kisw.radio.com/blogs/taryn-daly/renton-highlands-post-office-has-been-renamed-honor-jimi-hendrix|access-date=July 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413221013/https://kisw.radio.com/blogs/taryn-daly/renton-highlands-post-office-has-been-renamed-honor-jimi-hendrix|archive-date=April 13, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

On June 23, 2019, the Band of Gypsys were inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, at the [[Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History|Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History]] in Detroit, Michigan. [[Billy Cox]], the last surviving member of the group, was on hand to accept, along with representatives of the Buddy Miles and Hendrix estates.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/brian-mccollum/2019/06/22/r-b-hall-fame-honor-aretha-stevie-wonder/1536662001/|last=McCollum|first=Brian|title=R&B Hall of Fame to Honor Aretha, Stevie Wonder, Eddie Kendricks, More on Sunday|date=June 22, 2019|website=[[Detroit Free Press]]|access-date=July 2, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190702175351/https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/brian-mccollum/2019/06/22/r-b-hall-fame-honor-aretha-stevie-wonder/1536662001/|archive-date=July 2, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

A plaster [[Lifecasting|lifecast]] of Hendrix's penis, created in 1968 by [[Cynthia Plaster Caster]], was put on permanent display in the [[Icelandic Phallological Museum]] in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Koe |first=Crystal |date=May 24, 2022 |title=Plaster cast of Jimi Hendrix's penis to be unveiled at Iceland's Phallological museum |url=https://guitar.com/news/music-news/plaster-cast-of-jimi-hendrix-penis-iceland-phallological-museum/ |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=[[Guitar.com]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>