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 It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Jonathan Edwards Weapon of Prayer Sailboat
Matt* Lucas Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Nelson* Riddle The Route of the Haidas British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Cal* Bostic Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle) Introducing...
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Matt* Lucas Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Honky Tonk Angel
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Twins War War War
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Oscar* McLollie Girl of Mine ST
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Cal* Bostic That's All Introducing...
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie) ST
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Honky Tonk Angel
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Time After Time And I Love Her
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Albert Jones* I Feel So Good The Facts of Life
Matt* Lucas The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Albert Jones* Every Little Thing That I Do The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1

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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