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
Matt Lucas*	Vibrator Blues	Matt Gets Blue	04:10
Ellen McIlwaine	Toe Hold	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:32
Ellen McIlwaine	Up From the Skies	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:52
Ellen McIlwaine	It's Growing	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:06
Aarons And Ackley*	Girl I've Been Waiting	You And I	02:36
Joe* Glazer	Solidarity Forever	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:02
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Like Some One In Love	And I Love Her	03:05
Happy Dolls	Misty Blue	Show Album No. 1	03:43
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Jonathan Edwards	Evangelina	Sailboat	03:45
Oscar* McLollie	For the Good Times	ST	04:20
Happy Dolls	Shake Your Booty	Show Album No. 1	02:57
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Unleash the Horses Boys	Ukrainian Pops	02:00
Zambonis*	Leave Your Stink at the Rink	To Bleed Black and Gold	00:44
Loni Gamble	Nightime Kind of Love	ST	06:53
Sidewinders	Gift to the Sun	Flatfoot Hustlin'	06:09
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Honky Tonk Angel	04:01
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Good Time Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	03:10
Aarons And Ackley*	There Is A Lady	ST	02:21
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes	Ukrainian Pops	02:31
Ellen McIlwaine	We the People	We the People	03:23
Buddy Knox	Storm Clouds	ST (mono)	02:02
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Ill Wind	And I Love Her	01:51
Buddy Knox	Long Lonely Nights	ST (mono)	01:42
Ellen McIlwaine	Billy Gene	Fear Itself	03:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Steal Him Away	Ellen McIlwaine	03:12
Matt Lucas*	Tomcat Blues	Matt Gets Blue	02:39
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Needs It	Everybody Needs It	03:14
Nelson* Riddle	Valley of the Swans	British Columbia Suite	04:07
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)	We the People	02:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Lover's Lane	Ellen McIlwaine	03:02
Oscar* McLollie	Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie)	ST	03:02
Oscar* McLollie	So Pleasing Loving You	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	02:51
Happy Dolls	Bombie	Show Album No. 1	04:06
Exponians	Wicked Woman	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:56
Sidewinders	Time For Loving	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:24
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Matt Lucas*	Men's Liberation	Matt Gets Blue	01:54
Doc Holiday*	Canadian State of Mind	Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind	03:37
Ellen McIlwaine	Keep On	Everybody Needs It	03:39
The Revelaires*	She Wears My Ring	You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring	02:57
Happy Dolls	Pick Up the Pieces	Show Album No. 1	03:59
Alpha Centauri	Love is a Curse	ST	06:19
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Devil Woman	I'm a Song	03:37
Mike* Ferro	Bridges	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	04:51
Ellen McIlwaine	Hang On to a Dream	Everybody Needs It	03:45
David Amram	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:38
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Green Power	Love Serenade	02:31
Cal* Bostic	Longing for You (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	02:45
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Jakiv Came to Visit	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:03
Matt Lucas*	Herpes Blues	Matt Gets Blue	06:30
Matt Lucas*	I'm Movin' On	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	03:05
Jack Holland	There's More to Come	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:30
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Show and Tell	Love Serenade	03:22
Sidewinders	I Like Your Stuff	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:49
Aarons And Ackley*	Swanee Song	ST	02:48
David Amram	The Mountain Song	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:15
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Tony McManus	The Maids of Mitchelstown	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	02:53
Aarons And Ackley*	Bonnie Blue	You And I	02:20
Ellen McIlwaine	Up From the Skies	Honky Tonk Angel	03:52
Nelson* Riddle	The Route of the Haidas	British Columbia Suite	03:34
Aarons And Ackley*	Take Me Home	ST	04:48
Cal* Bostic	The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:08
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	(There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World	Love Serenade	03:02
Ellen McIlwaine	Jimmy Jean	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:59
Albert Jones*	She Lost Her Faith	The Facts of Life	03:47
Ursa Major*	Lay Me Down	ST	04:36
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Green Rye	Ukrainian Pops	03:09
Aarons And Ackley*	Oh What a Good Time	You And I	02:50
Jack Holland	Waco	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:39
Jonathan Edwards	Carolina Caroline	Sailboat	03:13
Buddy Knox	Swingin' Daddy	ST (mono)	01:50
Matt Lucas*	The Old Man	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	02:29
Ellen McIlwaine	We The People	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:23
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Hopak	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:13
Aarons And Ackley*	Willie Boy	ST	03:02
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:55
Nelson* Riddle	The Caribou	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:54
David Amram	Greasy Spoon	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:25
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Ursa Major*	Silverspoon	ST	06:16
Jonathan Edwards	People Get Ready	Sailboat	03:02
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm a Song (Reprise)	I'm a Song	01:13
Zambonis*	Boom Boom Boom	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:07
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Country Mcdonald Joe*	War Widow	War War War	02:04
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Two Little Oaks On a Mountain	Ukrainian Pops	01:29
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Grandpa Tell Me One More Story	I'm a Song	04:39
Buddy Knox	Party Doll	ST	02:08
Ursa Major*	Back to the Land	ST	06:46
Ellen McIlwaine	Say a Single Word	Everybody Needs It	03:49
Ellen McIlwaine	Cure My Blues	Everybody Needs It	04:14
Jonathan Edwards	Girl from the Canyon	Sailboat	02:37
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

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

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

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

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

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