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
Ellen McIlwaine	Losing You	Honky Tonk Angel	02:22
Sidewinders	I Like to Dance	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:52
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Wedding March	Ukrainian Pops	04:09
Sidewinders	Time For Loving	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:24
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	King of the Cops	I'm a Song	03:06
Ellen McIlwaine	The Letter	Fear Itself	02:10
Happy Dolls	Misty Blue	Show Album No. 1	03:43
Aarons And Ackley*	Truly	You And I	01:52
Alpha Centauri	Earth in Motion	ST	04:59
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Jonathan Edwards	Carolina Caroline	Sailboat	03:13
Aarons And Ackley*	Could Have Had Anything	You And I	02:19
Ellen McIlwaine	Pinebo (My Story)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:41
Oscar* McLollie	Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie)	ST	06:47
Jack Holland	There's More to Come	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:30
Ellen McIlwaine	You May be All I Need	Ellen McIlwaine	04:04
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Kozak Dance	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:47
Ellen McIlwaine	Born Under a Bad Sign	Fear Itself	03:33
Zambonis*	The Hockey Song	Playoff Fever	02:25
Cal* Bostic	Let It Be Me	Introducing...	02:44
Jonathan Edwards	Let the Rough Side Drag	Sailboat	03:00
Buddy Knox	Somebody Touched Me	ST (mono)	02:16
Buddy Knox	Party Doll	ST	02:08
Happy Dolls	Drum Solo	Show Album No. 1	05:14
Alpha Centauri	I'm a Rebel	ST	03:37
Aarons And Ackley*	Lay Me Down	ST	02:47
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Love Serenade	Love Serenade	06:55
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	We the People	02:52
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Kolomayka	Ukrainian Pops	02:45
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Call	War War War	02:36
Ellen McIlwaine	Say a Single Word	Everybody Needs It	03:49
Joe* Glazer	We Shall Not Be Moved	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:04
Buddy Knox	Don't Make Me Cry	ST	02:20
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	It Only Takes a Moment	And I Love Her	02:08
Sidewinders	Flat Foot Hustlin'	Flatfoot Hustlin'	06:16
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Polissian Polka 'Mazury'	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:10
Sidewinders	Can't You Feel the Fire	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:55
Zambonis*	To Bleed Black and Gold	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:55
David Amram	Alfred the Hog	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:19
Albert Jones*	That's the Way You Lost My Love	The Facts of Life	03:56
Ellen McIlwaine	Crawling Kingsnake	Fear Itself	03:20
Aarons And Ackley*	Devil Song	ST	03:00
Oscar* McLollie	The Way You Do the Things You Do	ST	02:45
David Amram	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:38
Ellen McIlwaine	Toe Hold	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:32
Aarons And Ackley*	Girl I've Been Waiting	You And I	02:36
Nelson* Riddle	Barkerville	British Columbia Suite	02:22
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Hopak	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:13
Buddy Knox	Rock House	ST	01:53
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Bukovynian Dance	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:02
Matt* Lucas	Drunkard's Dream	Matt Gets Blue	02:56
Ellen McIlwaine	It's Growing	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:06
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Ellen McIlwaine	(I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You	Ellen McIlwaine	02:48
Albert Jones*	You Just Can't Turn Me Loose	The Facts of Life	02:59
Nelson* Riddle	Victoria	British Columbia Suite	02:26
Buddy Knox	Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep	ST	02:20
Jack Holland	I'll Pick Her Up	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:41
Charmaines*	(You Are) Hypnotized	(You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)	02:33
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Halya Несе Галя Воду	Ukrainian Pops	01:56
Aarons And Ackley*	Sailor Song	ST	06:42
Zambonis*	Leave Your Stink at the Rink	To Bleed Black and Gold	00:44
Zambonis*	Haunted Hockey Rink	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:09
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	You're Getting Better	Love Serenade	02:30
Charmaines*	The One For Me	(You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)	02:15
Jonathan Edwards	Sailboat	Sailboat	03:08
Cal* Bostic	Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle)	Introducing...	02:41
Zambonis*	Boom Boom Boom	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:07
Ellen McIlwaine	Love and Devotion	Ellen McIlwaine	03:51
Oscar* McLollie	She's a Child	Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child	03:02
Cal* Bostic	Longing for You (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	02:45
Ellen McIlwaine	I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song)	Everybody Needs It	02:55
Jack Holland	Roasalie	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:01
Zambonis*	The Greatest Season	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:22
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Ill Wind	And I Love Her	01:51
Matt* Lucas	New Orleans Woman	Matt Gets Blue	02:05
Zambonis*	Let's Go Whalers	To Bleed Black and Gold	00:30
Ellen McIlwaine	Mossy Dream	Fear Itself	02:49
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Buddy Knox	Swingin' Daddy	ST (mono)	01:50
Sidewinders	A Voyage	Flatfoot Hustlin'	01:06
Aarons And Ackley*	Sleeping Gypsy	ST	03:56
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Twins	War War War	01:54
Cal* Bostic	The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:08
Buddy Knox	Rock-a-Billy Walk	ST	02:15
Jonathan Edwards	Never Together	Sailboat	02:09
Eddie* Murray	Montreal, Canada Blues	Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance	03:34
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Take Twenty	Love Serenade	02:10
Nelson* Riddle	Butchart Gardens	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Can't Find My Way Home	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:39
Jonathan Edwards	Blow On Chilly Wind	Sailboat	03:17
Ellen McIlwaine	Toe Hold	Honky Tonk Angel	04:32
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула	Ukrainian Pops	02:41
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Hard Hard Times	Shirley Lewis Show Band	01:31
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Maple Sugar Two Step	Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl	03:10
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Bohemian	I'm a Song	04:14

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

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Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

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