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 Rock Around the Clock ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Hutsal Ksenia Ukrainian Pops
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
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
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Twins War War War
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Honky Tonk Angel
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Cal* Bostic Let It Be Me Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Joe* Glazer New Democratic Party Train A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Jonathan Edwards Never Together Sailboat
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Cal* Bostic That's All Introducing...
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
David Amram Deep South Evening Light Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Honky Tonk Woman Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Mike* Ferro Bridges Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Boat is Rocking Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Dils* Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine) Made In Canada
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Matt Lucas* Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Aarons And Ackley* Swanee Song ST
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Aarons And Ackley* Sailor Song ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Oscar* McLollie Like to Live the Love ST
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Buddy Knox C'mon Baby ST (mono)
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Matt Lucas* Massage Parlour Blues Matt Gets Blue

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

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

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)

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

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