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 Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Honky Tonk Angel
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Oscar* McLollie Like to Live the Love ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Matt Lucas* I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Aarons And Ackley* Sailor Song ST
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra It Only Takes a Moment And I Love Her
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Albert Jones* She Lost Her Faith The Facts of Life
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
David Amram Your Smile On My Mind Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
The Revelaires* She Wears My Ring You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Priscilla* Rollins Sweet Inspiration Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Ursa Major* Liberty and Justice ST
Ellen McIlwaine Mossy Dream Fear Itself
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Aarons And Ackley* Swanee Song ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Time After Time And I Love Her
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Maple Sugar Two Step Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Aarons And Ackley* N.F.S. You And I
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Albert Jones* Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

FEATURED

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

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

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)

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