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
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Green Power	Love Serenade	02:31
Ellen McIlwaine	Danger Zone	Everybody Needs It	04:18
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	Fear Itself	03:23
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Devil Woman	I'm a Song	03:37
Ellen McIlwaine	The Letter	Fear Itself	02:10
Oscar* McLollie	Love Will Get You	ST	03:32
Ellen McIlwaine	I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song)	Everybody Needs It	02:55
Ellen McIlwaine	Jimmy Jean	We the People	02:56
Happy Dolls	Drum Solo	Show Album No. 1	05:14
Aarons And Ackley*	Annalee	ST	02:38
Cal* Bostic	The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:08
Albert* Jones	You Just Can't Turn Me Loose	The Facts of Life	02:59
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Honky Tonk Angel	04:55
Loni Gamble	Could it be Love	ST	07:05
Joe* Glazer	Solidarity Forever	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:02
Matt* Lucas	The Last Song	Matt Gets Blue	03:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love)	We the People	04:26
Nelson* Riddle	Butchart Gardens	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Matt* Lucas	Drunkard's Dream	Matt Gets Blue	02:56
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Handzya	Ukrainian Pops	02:20
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Bukovynian Dance	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:02
Ellen McIlwaine	Toe Hold	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:32
Matt* Lucas	Men's Liberation	Matt Gets Blue	01:54
Jack Holland	You Don't Have to Love Me	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:13
Ellen McIlwaine	Can't Find My Way Home	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:39
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Happy Dolls	Shake Your Booty	Show Album No. 1	02:57
Albert* Jones	Thank Goodness	The Facts of Life	02:24
Ellen McIlwaine	Billy Gene	Fear Itself	03:05
Aarons And Ackley*	Girl I've Been Waiting	You And I	02:36
Aarons And Ackley*	Don't	You And I	02:05
Jack Holland	Roasalie	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:01
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Aarons And Ackley*	L.A.	You And I	02:44
Ellen McIlwaine	Losing You	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:22
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула	Ukrainian Pops	02:41
Oscar* McLollie	Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie)	ST	03:02
Buddy Knox	C'mon Baby	ST (mono)	02:05
Zambonis*	Helmet (instrumental)	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:10
Matt* Lucas	New Orleans Woman	Matt Gets Blue	02:05
Oscar* McLollie	Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie)	ST	06:47
Ellen McIlwaine	Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:26
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Hopak	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:13
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Jakiv Came to Visit	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:03
Tony McManus	Donal Og - The Lea Rig	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:03
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Cossack Beyond the Danube	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Ellen McIlwaine	Love and Devotion	Ellen McIlwaine	03:51
Happy Dolls	Funky Stuff	Show Album No. 1	03:04
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:55
Albert* Jones	You and Your Love	The Facts of Life	03:22
Zambonis*	Mind Like a Playgroup	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:36
Loni Gamble	Circles	ST	06:08
Matt* Lucas	I'm Movin' On	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	03:05
Oscar* McLollie	Like to Live the Love	ST	03:23
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Nelson* Riddle	Barkerville	British Columbia Suite	02:22
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Honky Tonk Angel	05:06
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	I Loved a Widow	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:33
Ellen McIlwaine	Up From the Skies	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:52
Buddy Knox	Mary Lou	ST	02:20
Ellen McIlwaine	Steal Him Away	Ellen McIlwaine	03:12
Ellen McIlwaine	Isn't That So	Ellen McIlwaine	03:55
Alpha Centauri	I'm a Rebel	ST	03:37
Cal* Bostic	There You Are	Introducing...	02:59
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Maple Sugar Two Step	Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl	03:10
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Respect	You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)	02:50
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Hard Days Night	And I Love Her	02:33
Nelson* Riddle	Government House	British Columbia Suite	02:32
David Amram	Alfred the Hog	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:19
Ellen McIlwaine	Losing You	Honky Tonk Angel	02:22
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Ellen McIlwaine	Lazarus	Fear Itself	05:46
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Yukon*	Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	05:28
Nelson* Riddle	Garibaldi Mountain	British Columbia Suite	05:13
Ellen McIlwaine	Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune	We the People	02:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	We the People	02:52
Ellen McIlwaine	We The People	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:23
Exponians	My Peaceful World	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	05:05
Aarons And Ackley*	Willie Boy	ST	03:02
Oscar* McLollie	So Pleasing Loving You	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	02:51
Jack Holland	Sylvia	The Eyes of a Dreamer	03:18
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Boots	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:36
Nelson* Riddle	Valley of the Swans	British Columbia Suite	04:07
Albert* Jones	That's the Way You Lost My Love	The Facts of Life	03:56
Jack Holland	I'll Pick Her Up	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:41
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Two Little Oaks On a Mountain	Ukrainian Pops	01:29
Matt* Lucas	Leave the Light On Baby	Matt Gets Blue	06:00
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Show and Tell	Love Serenade	03:22
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	You Belong to Me	You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)	05:00
Dils*	Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine)	Made In Canada	03:02
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Kolomayka	Ukrainian Pops	02:45
Zambonis*	Live Intro - Hockey Monkey	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:47
Oscar* McLollie	She's a Child	Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child	03:02
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Are You Confused	Love Serenade	03:23
Joe* Glazer	We Shall Not Be Moved	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:04
Buddy Knox	Maybelline	ST	01:49
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Can't Eat	Shirley Lewis Show Band	04:18
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Bohemian	I'm a Song	04:14

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

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Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

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Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

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Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

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Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

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Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

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Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

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

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

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

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

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Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

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Aarons And Ackley* - ST

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Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

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

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Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

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Oscar* McLollie - ST

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

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

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

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

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Loni Gamble - ST

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

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Albert* Jones - The Facts of Life

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Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

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

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Dils* - Made In Canada

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Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

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Ernie* Smith - Skareggae

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