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
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Cal* Bostic Let Me Love You Introducing...
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Till You're Loving Me Again I'm a Song
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Cal* Bostic Georgie Girl Introducing...
Aarons And Ackley* Don't You And I
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Aarons And Ackley* N.F.S. You And I
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Maple Sugar Two Step Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song I'm a Song
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune We the People
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Ursa Major* Liberty and Justice ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song (Reprise) I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Matt* Lucas The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Matt* Lucas Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
Cal* Bostic Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle) Introducing...
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
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
Matt* Lucas Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Jonathan Edwards Never Together Sailboat
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Ernie* Smith Money Can't Buy Life Skareggae
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Jonathan Edwards Carolina Caroline Sailboat
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind

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

Comments

No Comments