Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
David Amram	Little Momma	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:04
Dils*	Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit)	Made In Canada	03:26
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Zambonis*	The Greatest Season	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:22
Nelson* Riddle	Government House	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Ellen McIlwaine	Danger Zone	Everybody Needs It	04:18
Aarons And Ackley*	Sailor Song	ST	06:42
Exponians	The Look of Love	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:05
Loni Gamble	Dance to it	ST	06:33
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Nelson* Riddle	Valley of the Swans	British Columbia Suite	04:07
Ellen McIlwaine	Keep On	Everybody Needs It	03:39
David Amram	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:38
Buddy Knox	Teasable, Pleasable You	ST (mono)	02:19
Aarons And Ackley*	Willie Boy	ST	03:02
Matt* Lucas	Vibrator Blues	Matt Gets Blue	04:10
Buddy Knox	Rock House	ST	01:53
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	We the People	02:52
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Exponians	My Peaceful World	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	05:05
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Cure My Blues	Everybody Needs It	04:14
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	(There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World	Love Serenade	03:02
Nelson* Riddle	Moving Ahead	British Columbia Suite	02:41
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Reapers Harvest	Ukrainian Pops	03:04
Albert Jones*	Hussle Disco	The Facts of Life	02:52
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Theme from Canada	Love Serenade	04:20
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Verkhovyna Our Liitle World	Ukrainian Pops	04:23
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:55
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Oscar* McLollie	Buried Alive	ST	04:12
Ellen McIlwaine	Nothing Left to be Desired	Everybody Needs It	03:17
Joe* Glazer	We are Building a New Party	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:43
Cal* Bostic	The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:08
Tony McManus	Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:49
Zambonis*	Hockey Marlee	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:19
Matt* Lucas	The Peepin' Tom	Matt Gets Blue	03:21
Mike* Ferro	Soldier In The Rain	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	03:20
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Hard Days Night	And I Love Her	02:33
Jonathan Edwards	People Get Ready	Sailboat	03:02
Ellen McIlwaine	Mossy Dream	Fear Itself	02:49
Albert Jones*	Every Little Thing That I Do	The Facts of Life	03:20
Ellen McIlwaine	Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Joe* Glazer	It Could be a Wonderful World	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:53
Aarons And Ackley*	Bonnie Blue	You And I	02:20
David Amram	Your Smile On My Mind	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:34
Happy Dolls	Hello Dolly	Show Album No. 1	01:44
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Ellen McIlwaine	All to You	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:05
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Cal* Bostic	Let Me Love You	Introducing...	03:03
Ellen McIlwaine	Lazarus	Fear Itself	05:46
Buddy Knox	Long Lonely Nights	ST (mono)	01:42
David Amram	Song for Kenya	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:16
Ellen McIlwaine	Ode to Billy Joe	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:13
Dils*	Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine)	Made In Canada	03:02
Jack Holland	You Can't Make a Dancer	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:51
Ellen McIlwaine	You May be All I Need	Ellen McIlwaine	04:04
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Are You Confused	Love Serenade	03:23
Cal* Bostic	Longing for You (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	02:45
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Traditional 'Trojista' Music	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:43
Happy Dolls	Misty Blue	Show Album No. 1	03:43
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Till You're Loving Me Again	I'm a Song	03:34
Joe* Glazer	This Land is Your Land	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:29
Jonathan Edwards	Weapon of Prayer	Sailboat	03:27
Aarons And Ackley*	Annalee	ST	02:38
Ellen McIlwaine	Hang On to a Dream	Everybody Needs It	03:45
Oscar* McLollie	Chilliwack Valley	Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child	03:07
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Kozak Dance	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:47
Matt* Lucas	Drunkard's Dream	Matt Gets Blue	02:56
Eddie* Murray	Montreal, Canada Blues	Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance	03:34
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	You're My Honey	I'm a Song	02:18
Ellen McIlwaine	Steal Him Away	Ellen McIlwaine	03:12
Ellen McIlwaine	Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart?	Ellen McIlwaine	03:57
Ellen McIlwaine	The Letter	Fear Itself	02:10
Jack Holland	You Don't Have to Love Me	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:13
Joe* Glazer	Solidarity Forever	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:02
Cal* Bostic	May I	Introducing...	02:34
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:01
Aarons And Ackley*	Girl I've Been Waiting	You And I	02:36
Zambonis*	The Hockey Song	Playoff Fever	02:25
Albert Jones*	You Just Can't Turn Me Loose	The Facts of Life	02:59
Alpha Centauri	Make it at Rock 'n' Roll	ST	02:29
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Man From Athabaska	War War War	06:29
Buddy Knox	Hula Love	ST	02:15
Sidewinders	Gift to the Sun	Flatfoot Hustlin'	06:09
Oscar* McLollie	Love Will Get You	ST	03:32
Ellen McIlwaine	Losing You	Honky Tonk Angel	02:22
Aarons And Ackley*	Oh What a Good Time	You And I	02:50
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна	Ukrainian Pops	03:02
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Kolomayka	Ukrainian Pops	02:45
Oscar* McLollie	Help Me Make It Through the Night	ST	03:28
Loni Gamble	In love for the First Time	ST	03:40
Buddy Knox	Maybelline	ST	01:49
Albert Jones*	She Lost Her Faith	The Facts of Life	03:47
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Ursa Major*	Stage Door Queen	ST	05:25
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Jonathan Edwards	Evangelina	Sailboat	03:45

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

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