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
Jack Holland	The Eyes of a Dreamer	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:24
Joe* Glazer	New Democratic Party Train	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:58
Happy Dolls	Pick Up the Pieces	Show Album No. 1	03:59
Matt Lucas*	New Orleans Woman	Matt Gets Blue	02:05
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Aarons And Ackley*	L.A.	You And I	02:44
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Just a Few Words	I'm a Song	03:10
Ellen McIlwaine	It's Growing	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:06
David Amram	Old Man and the Children	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:48
Zambonis*	The Hockey Song	Playoff Fever	02:25
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Joe* Glazer	Solidarity Forever	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:02
Ellen McIlwaine	(I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You	Ellen McIlwaine	02:48
Matt Lucas*	Herpes Blues	Matt Gets Blue	06:30
Jonathan Edwards	Weapon of Prayer	Sailboat	03:27
Ellen McIlwaine	Losing You	Honky Tonk Angel	02:22
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко	Ukrainian Pops	03:34
Cal* Bostic	Georgie Girl	Introducing...	01:56
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Ursa Major*	Lay Me Down	ST	04:36
Ellen McIlwaine	Regretting Blues	Everybody Needs It	02:27
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Late Night Movies	I'm a Song	03:17
Buddy Knox	C'mon Baby	ST (mono)	02:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Toe Hold	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:32
Ellen McIlwaine	Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart?	Ellen McIlwaine	03:57
Ellen McIlwaine	Up From the Skies	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:52
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Green Rye	Ukrainian Pops	03:09
Aarons And Ackley*	There Is A Lady	ST	02:21
Albert Jones*	She Lost Her Faith	The Facts of Life	03:47
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	You're Getting Better	Love Serenade	02:30
Albert Jones*	You Stole My Love	The Facts of Life	03:25
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	O Moon Do Not Shine	Ukrainian Pops	02:34
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Dils*	Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge)	Made In Canada	02:37
Country Mcdonald Joe*	War Widow	War War War	02:04
David Amram	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:38
Buddy Knox	Swingin' Daddy	ST (mono)	01:50
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Young Fellow, My Lad	War War War	04:49
Buddy Knox	Hula Love	ST	02:15
Buddy Knox	That's Why I Cry	ST (mono)	02:00
Ellen McIlwaine	In My Time of Dying	Fear Itself	08:48
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Betrothed Girl	Ukrainian Pops	02:50
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Verkhovyna Our Liitle World	Ukrainian Pops	04:23
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Alpha Centauri	Hard Life	ST	06:00
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Good Time Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	03:10
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	05:25
Priscilla* Rollins	Let the Good Times Roll	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:28
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Green Power	Love Serenade	02:31
David Amram	Little Momma	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:04
Oscar* McLollie	Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie)	ST	06:47
Ellen McIlwaine	Keep On	Everybody Needs It	03:39
Aarons And Ackley*	Bonnie Blue	You And I	02:20
Ellen McIlwaine	Bow'd Up	Fear Itself	01:40
Matt Lucas*	The Last Song	Matt Gets Blue	03:25
Ursa Major*	Stage Door Queen	ST	05:25
Matt Lucas*	The Nuthouse	Matt Gets Blue	02:30
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Tommy Makem	Vancouver	Vancouver b/w Better Times	02:45
Dils*	Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine)	Made In Canada	03:02
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes	Ukrainian Pops	02:31
Zambonis*	Leave Your Stink at the Rink	To Bleed Black and Gold	00:44
Ernie* Smith	Take Your Time	To Behold Jah	03:22
Albert Jones*	Every Little Thing That I Do	The Facts of Life	03:20
Exponians	The Look of Love	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:05
Aarons And Ackley*	Annalee	ST	02:38
Albert Jones*	Mother Nature	The Facts of Life	02:48
Ellen McIlwaine	Pinebo (My Story)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:41
Nelson* Riddle	Garibaldi Mountain	British Columbia Suite	05:13
Sidewinders	I Like to Dance	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:52
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:52
Buddy Knox	Mary Lou	ST	02:20
Loni Gamble	Dance to it	ST	06:33
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:54
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	(There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World	Love Serenade	03:02
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Alpha Centauri	Love is a Curse	ST	06:19
Sidewinders	Can't You Feel the Fire	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:55
Ellen McIlwaine	Isn't That So	Ellen McIlwaine	03:55
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Traditional 'Trojista' Music	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:43
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	We the People	03:54
Ellen McIlwaine	The Letter	Fear Itself	02:10
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Ellen McIlwaine	Can't Find My Way Home	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:39
Zambonis*	Cool Shots (Theme Song)	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:17
Buddy Knox	Maybelline	ST	01:49
Ellen McIlwaine	All to You	We the People	03:06
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Oscar* McLollie	Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie)	ST	03:02
Yukon*	Genius	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	01:59
Buddy Knox	Rock Around the Clock	ST	01:53
Buddy Knox	Somebody Touched Me	ST (mono)	02:16
Ellen McIlwaine	Crawling Kingsnake	Fear Itself	03:20
Sidewinders	A Voyage	Flatfoot Hustlin'	01:06
Joe* Glazer	This Land is Your Land	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:29
Cal* Bostic	In Love Again (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:08
Ellen McIlwaine	Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune	We the People	02:25

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

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

FEATURED

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* - 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

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