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 Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Loni Gamble Dance to it ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Joe* Glazer We are Building a New Party A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Ellen McIlwaine Mossy Dream Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Matt* Lucas The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Matt* Lucas The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Matt* Lucas Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Nelson* Riddle The Route of the Haidas British Columbia Suite
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Matt* Lucas Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Zambonis* Leave Your Stink at the Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Aarons And Ackley* N.F.S. You And I
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Jonathan Edwards Weapon of Prayer Sailboat
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie) ST
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Hutsal Ksenia Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
David Amram Deep South Evening Light Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Albert Jones* Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Dils* Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine) Made In Canada
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

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

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