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
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Cal* Bostic That's All Introducing...
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Albert Jones* Every Little Thing That I Do The Facts of Life
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Aarons And Ackley* Swanee Song ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Boat is Rocking Ukrainian Pops
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Country Mcdonald Joe* War Widow War War War
Matt* Lucas Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Loni Gamble Circles ST
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ursa Major* Liberty and Justice ST
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Matt* Lucas The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song (Reprise) I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Maple Sugar Two Step Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Matt* Lucas The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
David Amram Deep South Evening Light Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

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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