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
Mike* Ferro	Bridges	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	04:51
Dils*	Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge)	Made In Canada	02:37
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:01
Cal* Bostic	Excessive Love (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:33
Alpha Centauri	I'm a Rebel	ST	03:37
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Mossy Dream	Fear Itself	02:49
The Revelaires*	You're So Wrong	You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring	02:47
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Boots	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:36
Jack Holland	You Can't Make a Dancer	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:51
Ellen McIlwaine	(I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You	Ellen McIlwaine	02:48
Oscar* McLollie	So Pleasing Loving You	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	02:51
Happy Dolls	Pick Up the Pieces	Show Album No. 1	03:59
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:52
Tony McManus	Chalaneru	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:23
Matt Lucas*	The Last Song	Matt Gets Blue	03:25
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	We the People	03:54
Matt Lucas*	Herpes Blues	Matt Gets Blue	06:30
Aarons And Ackley*	L.A.	You And I	02:44
Zambonis*	Live Intro - Hockey Monkey	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:47
Buddy Knox	Mary Lou	ST	02:20
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Toe Hold	Honky Tonk Angel	04:32
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	King of the Cops	I'm a Song	03:06
Buddy Knox	Rock Around the Clock	ST	01:53
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Zambonis*	Boom Boom Boom	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:07
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir*	Here Come the Hawks	Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)	02:25
Jonathan Edwards	Girl from the Canyon	Sailboat	02:37
Exponians	The Look of Love	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:05
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Aarons And Ackley*	Don't	You And I	02:05
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Polissian Polka 'Mazury'	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:10
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Moanin	Shirley Lewis Show Band	05:46
Aarons And Ackley*	Truly	You And I	01:52
David Amram	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:38
Alpha Centauri	You Shot Me Down	ST	05:43
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm a Song	I'm a Song	04:24
Buddy Knox	Somebody Touched Me	ST (mono)	02:16
Zambonis*	To Bleed Black and Gold (demo)	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:53
Nelson* Riddle	Peace River	British Columbia Suite	02:47
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Am I Blue	And I Love Her	04:25
Buddy Knox	Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep	ST	02:20
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Amist the Black Eyes	05:25
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Two Little Oaks On a Mountain	Ukrainian Pops	01:29
Jack Holland	There's More to Come	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:30
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Good Time Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	03:10
Cal* Bostic	That's All	Introducing...	02:31
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	We the People	02:52
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Devil Woman	I'm a Song	03:37
Cal* Bostic	Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle)	Introducing...	02:41
Ellen McIlwaine	Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Ellen McIlwaine	Regretting Blues	Everybody Needs It	02:27
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Nelson* Riddle	Vancouver Nights	British Columbia Suite	02:09
Ellen McIlwaine	Can't Find My Way Home	Honky Tonk Angel	03:39
Buddy Knox	I Ain't Sharin' Sharon	ST (mono)	02:01
Ellen McIlwaine	Nothing Left to be Desired	Everybody Needs It	03:17
The Revelaires*	She Wears My Ring	You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring	02:57
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Halya Несе Галя Воду	Ukrainian Pops	01:56
Loni Gamble	It's You	ST	05:43
Joe* Glazer	We are Building a New Party	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:43
Happy Dolls	Funky Stuff	Show Album No. 1	03:04
Jack Holland	The Time Or the Place	The Eyes of a Dreamer	01:46
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Show and Tell	Love Serenade	03:22
Ellen McIlwaine	Lazarus	Fear Itself	05:46
Zambonis*	The Greatest Season	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:22
Matt Lucas*	Tomcat Blues	Matt Gets Blue	02:39
Jonathan Edwards	Evangelina	Sailboat	03:45
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Late Night Movies	I'm a Song	03:17
Aarons And Ackley*	Could Have Had Anything	You And I	02:19
Loni Gamble	Could it be Love	ST	07:05
Ursa Major*	Lay Me Down	ST	04:36
Oscar* McLollie	Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie)	ST	03:02
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:45
Ellen McIlwaine	The Letter	Fear Itself	02:10
Ellen McIlwaine	In My Time of Dying	Fear Itself	08:48
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Call	War War War	02:36
Happy Dolls	Misty Blue	Show Album No. 1	03:43
Jack Holland	Get it Behind You Girl	The Eyes of a Dreamer	01:37
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	Fear Itself	03:23
Ellen McIlwaine	Up From the Skies	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:52
Ellen McIlwaine	Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love)	We the People	04:26
Aarons And Ackley*	You And I	You And I	03:23
Aarons And Ackley*	Sailor Song	ST	06:42
Aarons And Ackley*	Willie Boy	ST	03:02
Aarons And Ackley*	N.F.S.	You And I	02:18
The Revelaires*	Cab Driver	Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver	03:06
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Needs It	Everybody Needs It	03:14
Ellen McIlwaine	Losing You	Honky Tonk Angel	02:22
Ursa Major*	In My Darkest Hour	ST	05:28
Jonathan Edwards	Never Together	Sailboat	02:09
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Fisherboys	Ukrainian Pops	03:54
Aarons And Ackley*	Oh What a Good Time	You And I	02:50
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Cal* Bostic	The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:08
Jack Holland	I'll Pick Her Up	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:41
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

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* - 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

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