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	Length
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Kozak Dance	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:47
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Yukon*	Genius	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	01:59
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Joe* Glazer	We Shall Not Be Moved	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:04
Ellen McIlwaine	We The People	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:23
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Zambonis*	Helmet (instrumental)	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:10
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Two Little Oaks On a Mountain	Ukrainian Pops	01:29
Zambonis*	Live Intro - Hockey Monkey	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:47
Tony McManus	Donal Og - The Lea Rig	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:03
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Traditional 'Trojista' Music	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:43
Albert Jones*	Hussle Disco	The Facts of Life	02:52
Nelson* Riddle	Garibaldi Mountain	British Columbia Suite	05:13
Albert Jones*	She Lost Her Faith	The Facts of Life	03:47
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Theme For the Countless	And I Love Her	02:20
Aarons And Ackley*	Girl I've Been Waiting	You And I	02:36
Buddy Knox	Storm Clouds	ST (mono)	02:02
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Hopak	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:13
Buddy Knox	Devil Woman	ST	02:07
Buddy Knox	Party Doll	ST	02:08
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Sidewinders	A Voyage	Flatfoot Hustlin'	01:06
Tommy Makem	Vancouver	Vancouver b/w Better Times	02:45
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Fisherboys	Ukrainian Pops	03:54
Ellen McIlwaine	Toe Hold	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:32
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:55
Matt Lucas*	Drunkard's Dream	Matt Gets Blue	02:56
Ellen McIlwaine	Toe Hold	Honky Tonk Angel	04:32
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Bohemian	I'm a Song	04:14
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Love Serenade	Love Serenade	06:55
Zambonis*	Let's Go Whalers	To Bleed Black and Gold	00:30
Zambonis*	Mind Like a Playgroup	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:36
Dave Gordon & Kay*	I Love That Hockey Team	I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow	03:07
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Honky Tonk Angel	04:01
Happy Dolls	Pick Up the Pieces	Show Album No. 1	03:59
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Nelson* Riddle	Peace River	British Columbia Suite	02:47
Ursa Major*	Back to the Land	ST	06:46
Jack Holland	Waco	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:39
Jack Holland	Roasalie	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:01
Ellen McIlwaine	(I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You	Ellen McIlwaine	02:48
Cal* Bostic	Let It Be Me	Introducing...	02:44
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Oscar* McLollie	Like to Live the Love	ST	03:23
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	King of the Cops	I'm a Song	03:06
Bluebird*	Country Boy Blues	Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost	02:40
Sidewinders	I Like Your Stuff	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:49
Ellen McIlwaine	For Suki	Fear Itself	02:47
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:45
Ellen McIlwaine	You May be All I Need	Ellen McIlwaine	04:04
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Halya Carries the Water	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:08
Ellen McIlwaine	Losing You	Honky Tonk Angel	02:22
Loni Gamble	Nightime Kind of Love	ST	06:53
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Ellen McIlwaine	Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart?	Ellen McIlwaine	03:57
David Amram	Old Man and the Children	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:48
Buddy Knox	Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep	ST	02:20
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Hard Hard Times	Shirley Lewis Show Band	01:31
The Revelaires*	Great Pretender	Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver	02:37
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Show and Tell	Love Serenade	03:22
Loni Gamble	Dance to it	ST	06:33
Priscilla* Rollins	Let the Good Times Roll	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:28
Buddy Knox	C'mon Baby	ST (mono)	02:05
Tony McManus	Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:49
Ellen McIlwaine	Nothing Left to be Desired	Everybody Needs It	03:17
Aarons And Ackley*	Bonnie Blue	You And I	02:20
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Oscar* McLollie	So Pleasing Loving You	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	02:51
Ellen McIlwaine	Lover's Lane	Ellen McIlwaine	03:02
Nelson* Riddle	Moving Ahead	British Columbia Suite	02:41
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко	Ukrainian Pops	03:34
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)	We the People	02:25
Alpha Centauri	Make it at Rock 'n' Roll	ST	02:29
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула	Ukrainian Pops	02:41
Yukon*	Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	05:28
Joe* Glazer	New Democratic Party Train	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:58
Aarons And Ackley*	Almost Five O'Clock	You And I	00:10
David Amram	Song for Kenya	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:16
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Shake a Hand	Amist the Black Eyes	04:18
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Am I Blue	And I Love Her	04:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Love and Devotion	Ellen McIlwaine	03:51
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Needs It	Everybody Needs It	03:14
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Ill Wind	And I Love Her	01:51
Exponians	Wicked Woman	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:56
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	And I Love Her	And I Love Her	02:22
Ellen McIlwaine	Up From the Skies	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:52
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Aarons And Ackley*	Devil Song	ST	03:00
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Betrothed Girl	Ukrainian Pops	02:50
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	I Want a Girl	Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl	03:04
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Man From Athabaska	War War War	06:29
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Mike* Ferro	Bridges	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	04:51
Nelson* Riddle	Government House	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Ellen McIlwaine	All to You	We the People	03:06
Ellen McIlwaine	Come Sit Down and Tell Me	Everybody Needs It	02:44

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

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