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
Jonathan Edwards People Get Ready Sailboat
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Aarons And Ackley* There Is A Lady ST
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Nelson* Riddle Vancouver Nights British Columbia Suite
Oscar* McLollie Girl of Mine ST
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Matt* Lucas Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Joe* Glazer New Democratic Party Train A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune We the People
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Country Mcdonald Joe* War Widow War War War
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Honky Tonk Angel
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Matt* Lucas Massage Parlour Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Cal* Bostic Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle) Introducing...
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Honky Tonk Angel
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Cal* Bostic Georgie Girl Introducing...
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie) ST
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
David Amram Little Momma Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Aarons And Ackley* Swanee Song ST
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Buddy Knox Party Doll 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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