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
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Nelson* Riddle Peace River British Columbia Suite
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Matt Lucas* I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* I Loved a Widow Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Cal* Bostic The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Nelson* Riddle Vancouver Nights British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
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
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song I'm a Song
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...
David Amram Your Smile On My Mind Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
The Revelaires* She Wears My Ring You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Nelson* Riddle The Route of the Haidas British Columbia Suite
Aarons And Ackley* Swanee Song ST
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
David Amram Little Momma Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Oscar* McLollie Like to Live the Love ST
Aarons And Ackley* N.F.S. You And I
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

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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