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
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Country Mcdonald Joe* War Widow War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Jonathan Edwards Carolina Caroline Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart? Ellen McIlwaine
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song I'm a Song
Country Mcdonald Joe* The March Of The Dead War War War
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Loni Gamble Circles ST
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Cal* Bostic Let It Be Me Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Cal* Bostic The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Honky Tonk Angel
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Albert Jones* She Lost Her Faith The Facts of Life
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Green Power Love Serenade
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Honky Tonk Angel
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Matt Lucas* Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie) ST
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Jonathan Edwards Evangelina Sailboat
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Joe* Glazer We are Building a New Party A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra It Only Takes a Moment And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Nelson* Riddle Peace River British Columbia Suite

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

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

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)

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

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