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
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Matt* Lucas The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Country Mcdonald Joe* The March Of The Dead War War War
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Matt* Lucas Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Cal* Bostic Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle) Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Matt* Lucas Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song (Reprise) I'm a Song
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra It Only Takes a Moment And I Love Her
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Joe* Glazer New Democratic Party Train A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Zambonis* Helmet (instrumental) To Bleed Black and Gold
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Honky Tonk Woman Love Serenade
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Matt* Lucas The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Joe* Glazer The Farmer is the Man A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Matt* Lucas Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Albert Jones* She Lost Her Faith The Facts of Life
Buddy Knox Mary Lou ST
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Cal* Bostic Longing for You (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST

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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