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
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Matt Lucas* New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Honky Tonk Woman Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Albert Jones* Every Little Thing That I Do The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
The Revelaires* Great Pretender Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Nelson* Riddle Peace River British Columbia Suite
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Albert Jones* I Feel So Good The Facts of Life
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Matt Lucas* The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* I Loved a Widow Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Till You're Loving Me Again I'm a Song
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Matt Lucas* Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Green Power Love Serenade
Joe* Glazer The Farmer is the Man A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Jonathan Edwards People Get Ready Sailboat
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song I'm a Song
Ernie* Smith Take Your Time To Behold Jah
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

FEATURED

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

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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* - 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

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

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)

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