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
Joe* Glazer New Democratic Party Train A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
David Amram Deep South Evening Light Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Nelson* Riddle Vancouver Nights British Columbia Suite
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Mike* Ferro Bridges Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Matt Lucas* Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
The Revelaires* You're So Wrong You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Green Power Love Serenade
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Loni Gamble Dance to it ST
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Matt Lucas* The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Matt Lucas* Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
The Revelaires* Great Pretender Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Matt Lucas* Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Cal* Bostic Longing for You (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST

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)

Comments

No Comments