Honorary Canadians

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
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Albert Jones* I Feel So Good The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Till You're Loving Me Again I'm a Song
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Cal* Bostic Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle) Introducing...
Matt Lucas* Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Aarons And Ackley* Don't You And I
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Matt Lucas* Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
The Revelaires* You're So Wrong You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
The Revelaires* Cab Driver Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Honky Tonk Woman Love Serenade
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...
Matt Lucas* The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune We the People
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Jonathan Edwards Weapon of Prayer Sailboat
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Matt Lucas* Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

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

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

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

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

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

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

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

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

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

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

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

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

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

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

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