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
Aarons And Ackley*	Sleeping Gypsy	ST	03:56
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Ellen McIlwaine	I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song)	Everybody Needs It	02:55
Sidewinders	A Voyage	Flatfoot Hustlin'	01:06
Aarons And Ackley*	Lay Me Down	ST	02:47
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Green Rye	Ukrainian Pops	03:09
Zambonis*	The Hockey Song	Playoff Fever	02:25
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm Gonna Love You Baby	I'm a Song	02:34
David Amram	Pull My Daisy	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:18
Nelson* Riddle	Garibaldi Mountain	British Columbia Suite	05:13
Buddy Knox	Swingin' Daddy	ST (mono)	01:50
David Amram	Deep South Evening Light	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:22
Zambonis*	To Bleed Black and Gold	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:55
Loni Gamble	Nightime Kind of Love	ST	06:53
Aarons And Ackley*	Devil Song	ST	03:00
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Hopak	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:13
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула	Ukrainian Pops	02:41
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Handzya	Ukrainian Pops	02:20
Mike* Ferro	Soldier In The Rain	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	03:20
Ellen McIlwaine	The Letter	Fear Itself	02:10
Aarons And Ackley*	Annalee	ST	02:38
Jack Holland	You Don't Have to Love Me	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:13
Buddy Knox	Rock Around the Clock	ST	01:53
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Maple Sugar Two Step	Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl	03:10
Zambonis*	Helmet (instrumental)	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:10
Loni Gamble	It's You	ST	05:43
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	I See Your Face Before Me	And I Love Her	02:15
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Oscar* McLollie	She's a Child	Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child	03:02
Alpha Centauri	Love Only You	ST	04:05
Ursa Major*	Lay Me Down	ST	04:36
Cal* Bostic	Somewhere My Love	Introducing...	02:35
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Can't Eat	Shirley Lewis Show Band	04:18
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Like Some One In Love	And I Love Her	03:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Jimmy Jean	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:59
Buddy Knox	Teasable, Pleasable You	ST (mono)	02:19
Buddy Knox	C'mon Baby	ST (mono)	02:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Losing You	Honky Tonk Angel	02:22
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Kozak Dance	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:47
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Late Night Movies	I'm a Song	03:17
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Betrothed Girl	Ukrainian Pops	02:50
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Good Time Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	03:10
Ellen McIlwaine	Hang On to a Dream	Everybody Needs It	03:45
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Green Power	Love Serenade	02:31
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Cal* Bostic	Georgie Girl	Introducing...	01:56
Ellen McIlwaine	(I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You	Ellen McIlwaine	02:48
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	Fear Itself	03:23
Albert Jones*	You Just Can't Turn Me Loose	The Facts of Life	02:59
Ellen McIlwaine	You May be All I Need	Ellen McIlwaine	04:04
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	(There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World	Love Serenade	03:02
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Call	War War War	02:36
Ellen McIlwaine	Lover's Lane	Ellen McIlwaine	03:02
Matt Lucas*	Tomcat Blues	Matt Gets Blue	02:39
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Devil Woman	I'm a Song	03:37
Jonathan Edwards	Carolina Caroline	Sailboat	03:13
Zambonis*	The Greatest Season	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:22
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:52
Albert Jones*	I Feel So Good	The Facts of Life	03:13
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Boat is Rocking	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
Eddie* Murray	Montreal, Canada Blues	Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance	03:34
Bluebird*	Country Boy Blues	Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost	02:40
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Take Twenty	Love Serenade	02:10
David Amram	Greasy Spoon	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:25
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Unleash the Horses Boys	Ukrainian Pops	02:00
Exponians	Yellow Bird	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)	We the People	02:25
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Jack Holland	The Eyes of a Dreamer	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:24
Zambonis*	Haunted Hockey Rink	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:09
Matt Lucas*	Drunkard's Dream	Matt Gets Blue	02:56
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Two Little Oaks On a Mountain	Ukrainian Pops	01:29
Ellen McIlwaine	Mossy Dream	Fear Itself	02:49
Buddy Knox	Rock House	ST	01:53
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Oscar* McLollie	The Way You Do the Things You Do	ST	02:45
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Hard Hard Times	Shirley Lewis Show Band	01:31
Exponians	Wicked Woman	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:56
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Ellen McIlwaine	Losing You	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:22
Oscar* McLollie	So Pleasing Loving You	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	02:51
Happy Dolls	Misty Blue	Show Album No. 1	03:43
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Sidewinders	Flat Foot Hustlin'	Flatfoot Hustlin'	06:16
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	We the People	03:54
Buddy Knox	Long Lonely Nights	ST (mono)	01:42
Tony McManus	Chalaneru	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:23
Ellen McIlwaine	Pinebo (My Story)	Honky Tonk Angel	02:41
Cal* Bostic	Excessive Love (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:33
Jack Holland	Roasalie	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:01
Ellen McIlwaine	Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart?	Ellen McIlwaine	03:57
Tommy Makem	Vancouver	Vancouver b/w Better Times	02:45
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	You're Getting Better	Love Serenade	02:30
Jack Holland	You Can't Make a Dancer	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:51
Tony McManus	The Maids of Mitchelstown	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	02:53
Ellen McIlwaine	Born Under a Bad Sign	Fear Itself	03:33

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

FEATURED

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

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The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

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Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

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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* - 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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