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
Matt* Lucas New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Buddy Knox Mary Lou ST
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Cal* Bostic Longing for You (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Aarons And Ackley* Swanee Song ST
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune We the People
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Joe* Glazer The Farmer is the Man A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
David Amram Your Smile On My Mind Summer Nights, Winter Rain
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Jonathan Edwards Weapon of Prayer Sailboat
Aarons And Ackley* There Is A Lady ST
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Matt* Lucas I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
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
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song (Reprise) I'm a Song
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine All to You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
Oscar* McLollie Like to Live the Love ST
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Twins War War War
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* I Loved a Widow Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
David Amram Deep South Evening Light Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Albert Jones* Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Till You're Loving Me Again I'm a Song
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops

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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