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
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes	Ukrainian Pops	02:31
Cal* Bostic	Let Me Love You	Introducing...	03:03
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Traditional 'Trojista' Music	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:43
Aarons And Ackley*	Willie Boy	ST	03:02
Matt Lucas*	Leave the Light On Baby	Matt Gets Blue	06:00
David Amram	Deep South Evening Light	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:22
Oscar* McLollie	As Long As You Care at All	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	03:42
Buddy Knox	Teasable, Pleasable You	ST (mono)	02:19
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Bohemian	I'm a Song	04:14
Aarons And Ackley*	Annalee	ST	02:38
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Alpha Centauri	You Shot Me Down	ST	05:43
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:54
Dils*	Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit)	Made In Canada	03:26
Happy Dolls	Drum Solo	Show Album No. 1	05:14
Jonathan Edwards	Never Together	Sailboat	02:09
Ellen McIlwaine	Up From the Skies	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:52
Dils*	Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge)	Made In Canada	02:37
Ursa Major*	Sinner	ST	07:29
Jonathan Edwards	Evangelina	Sailboat	03:45
Jack Holland	You Don't Have to Love Me	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:13
Ellen McIlwaine	Jimmy Jean	We the People	02:56
Buddy Knox	Maybelline	ST	01:49
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Reapers Harvest	Ukrainian Pops	03:04
Ellen McIlwaine	All to You	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:05
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Crawling Kingsnake	Fear Itself	03:20
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Presque Isle Eighth	Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth	03:09
Zambonis*	Cool Shots (Theme Song)	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:17
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Livin' the Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	08:45
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Oscar* McLollie	The Way You Do the Things You Do	ST	02:45
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Wedding March	Ukrainian Pops	04:09
Ellen McIlwaine	Losing You	Honky Tonk Angel	02:22
Exponians	Wicked Woman	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:56
Matt Lucas*	The Nuthouse	Matt Gets Blue	02:30
Dave Gordon & Kay*	I Love That Hockey Team	I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow	03:07
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Verkhovyna Our Liitle World	Ukrainian Pops	04:23
Oscar* McLollie	Love Will Get You	ST	03:32
Happy Dolls	Hello Dolly	Show Album No. 1	01:44
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Ellen McIlwaine	Steal Him Away	Ellen McIlwaine	03:12
Buddy Knox	Storm Clouds	ST (mono)	02:02
Nelson* Riddle	Valley of the Swans	British Columbia Suite	04:07
Nelson* Riddle	Peace River	British Columbia Suite	02:47
Ursa Major*	In My Darkest Hour	ST	05:28
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Hard Days Night	And I Love Her	02:33
Ellen McIlwaine	Toe Hold	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:32
Buddy Knox	Swingin' Daddy	ST (mono)	01:50
Ellen McIlwaine	Keep On	Everybody Needs It	03:39
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Theme from Canada	Love Serenade	04:20
Zambonis*	To Bleed Black and Gold	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:55
Aarons And Ackley*	Lay Me Down	ST	02:47
Ellen McIlwaine	Can't Find My Way Home	Honky Tonk Angel	03:39
Aarons And Ackley*	Sleeping Gypsy	ST	03:56
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Like Some One In Love	And I Love Her	03:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Born Under a Bad Sign	Fear Itself	03:33
Cal* Bostic	Georgie Girl	Introducing...	01:56
Jonathan Edwards	Sailboat	Sailboat	03:08
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
The Revelaires*	Cab Driver	Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver	03:06
Country Mcdonald Joe*	War Widow	War War War	02:04
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir*	Here Come the Hawks	Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)	02:25
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Take Twenty	Love Serenade	02:10
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	I Want a Girl	Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl	03:04
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Lady's Dream	And I Love Her	01:51
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Honky Tonk Angel	04:01
Ellen McIlwaine	Isn't That So	Ellen McIlwaine	03:55
Oscar* McLollie	Help Me Make It Through the Night	ST	03:28
Ellen McIlwaine	Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:26
Exponians	Yellow Bird	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:25
Joe* Glazer	It Could be a Wonderful World	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:53
Cal* Bostic	Let It Be Me	Introducing...	02:44
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:55
Aarons And Ackley*	Truly	You And I	01:52
Oscar* McLollie	Girl of Mine	ST	03:13
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Show and Tell	Love Serenade	03:22
Albert Jones*	You Stole My Love	The Facts of Life	03:25
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm Gonna Love You Baby	I'm a Song	02:34
Matt Lucas*	Herpes Blues	Matt Gets Blue	06:30
David Amram	Pull My Daisy	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:18
Sidewinders	I Like to Dance	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:52
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Just a Few Words	I'm a Song	03:10
Tony McManus	The Maids of Mitchelstown	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	02:53
Joe* Glazer	This Land is Your Land	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:29
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Late Night Movies	I'm a Song	03:17
Albert Jones*	I Feel So Good	The Facts of Life	03:13
Cal* Bostic	The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:08
Ellen McIlwaine	Hang On to a Dream	Everybody Needs It	03:45
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Time After Time	And I Love Her	03:12
Zambonis*	The Hockey Song	Playoff Fever	02:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)	We the People	02:25
Happy Dolls	Funky Stuff	Show Album No. 1	03:04
Jack Holland	The Eyes of a Dreamer	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:24

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

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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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