Honors and Awards
- 1969: Eubie Blake's nomination for a Grammy Award for The 86 Years of Eubie Blake in the category of "Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist with Small Group".
- 1972: Omega Psi Phi Scroll of Honor
- 1974: Diploma, Rutgers University Doctor of Fine Arts
- 1974: Diploma, Dartmouth College, Doctor of Humane Letters
- 1978: Diploma, University of Maryland Doctor of Fine Arts
- 1979: Diploma, Morgan State University Doctor of Music
- 1980: Received the Johns Hopkins University's, George Peabody Medal
- 1981: Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom on October 9, 1981, awarded by President Ronald Reagan.
- 1982: Diploma, Howard University Doctor of Music
- 1983: Inducted in the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame
- 1995: The United States Postal Service issued a stamp in his honor.
- 1995: Inducted into the New York's American Theatre Hall of Fame.
- 1998: James Hubert Blake High School was built in Cloverly, Maryland in his honor. Eubie Blake HS has a strong focus on the performing arts.
- 2006: The album The Eighty-Six Years of Eubie Blake (1969) was included by the National Recording Preservation Board in the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. The board selects songs in an annual basis that are "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
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