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
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Zambonis* Cool Shots (Theme Song) To Bleed Black and Gold
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Matt Lucas* The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Matt Lucas* Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Aarons And Ackley* N.F.S. You And I
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Albert Jones* Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Zambonis* Leave Your Stink at the Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Matt Lucas* The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Maple Sugar Two Step Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Green Power Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Nelson* Riddle Vancouver Nights British Columbia Suite
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Matt Lucas* Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Country Mcdonald Joe* The March Of The Dead War War War
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Boat is Rocking Ukrainian Pops
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
The Revelaires* Great Pretender Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Honky Tonk Angel
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Ellen McIlwaine Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart? Ellen McIlwaine
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Jonathan Edwards Evangelina Sailboat
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life

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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