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
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Zambonis* Cool Shots (Theme Song) To Bleed Black and Gold
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Country Mcdonald Joe* The March Of The Dead War War War
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Cal* Bostic The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* I Loved a Widow Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Twins War War War
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra It Only Takes a Moment And I Love Her
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Albert Jones* She Lost Her Faith The Facts of Life
Ursa Major* Liberty and Justice ST
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Mike* Ferro Bridges Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Cal* Bostic Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle) Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Zambonis* Helmet (instrumental) To Bleed Black and Gold
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox C'mon Baby ST (mono)
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
David Amram Deep South Evening Light Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Jonathan Edwards People Get Ready Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Matt* Lucas New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Dils* Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine) Made In Canada
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Cal* Bostic Let Me Love You Introducing...
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band

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 - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, 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

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

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

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)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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