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
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Reapers Harvest	Ukrainian Pops	03:04
Cal* Bostic	Somewhere My Love	Introducing...	02:35
Buddy Knox	C'mon Baby	ST (mono)	02:05
Oscar* McLollie	As Long As You Care at All	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	03:42
Ellen McIlwaine	Born Under a Bad Sign	Fear Itself	03:33
Albert Jones*	She Lost Her Faith	The Facts of Life	03:47
David Amram	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:38
Ellen McIlwaine	Come Sit Down and Tell Me	Everybody Needs It	02:44
Matt Lucas*	Herpes Blues	Matt Gets Blue	06:30
Cal* Bostic	Georgie Girl	Introducing...	01:56
Bluebird*	Country Boy Blues	Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost	02:40
Zambonis*	Live Intro - Hockey Monkey	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:47
Nelson* Riddle	The Okanagan	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Ellen McIlwaine	I Don't Want to Play	We the People	03:20
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	It Only Takes a Moment	And I Love Her	02:08
Buddy Knox	Maybelline	ST	01:49
Jack Holland	You Don't Have to Love Me	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:13
Happy Dolls	Hello Dolly	Show Album No. 1	01:44
Ursa Major*	In My Darkest Hour	ST	05:28
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Ellen McIlwaine	Love and Devotion	Ellen McIlwaine	03:51
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Cossack Beyond the Danube	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Matt Lucas*	The Peepin' Tom	Matt Gets Blue	03:21
Loni Gamble	Circles	ST	06:08
Dave Gordon & Kay*	I Love That Hockey Team	I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow	03:07
Aarons And Ackley*	Sleeping Gypsy	ST	03:56
Albert Jones*	Thank Goodness	The Facts of Life	02:24
Mike* Ferro	Bridges	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	04:51
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Jean Desprez	War War War	09:50
Aarons And Ackley*	Willie Boy	ST	03:02
Dils*	Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine)	Made In Canada	03:02
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Twins	War War War	01:54
Joe* Glazer	New Democratic Party Train	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:58
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Matt Lucas*	Massage Parlour Blues	Matt Gets Blue	03:53
Aarons And Ackley*	Take Me Home	ST	04:48
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Zambonis*	Boom Boom Boom	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:07
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	I Want a Girl	Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl	03:04
Aarons And Ackley*	Lay Me Down	ST	02:47
Nelson* Riddle	The Caribou	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Jack Holland	You Can't Make a Dancer	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:51
Nelson* Riddle	Valley of the Swans	British Columbia Suite	04:07
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Hopak	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:13
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	We the People	03:54
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Livin' the Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	08:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Bow'd Up	Fear Itself	01:40
Nelson* Riddle	Butchart Gardens	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Buddy Knox	I Ain't Sharin' Sharon	ST (mono)	02:01
Alpha Centauri	Love is a Curse	ST	06:19
Aarons And Ackley*	Annalee	ST	02:38
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Hard Hard Times	Shirley Lewis Show Band	01:31
Dils*	Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge)	Made In Canada	02:37
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Oscar* McLollie	Chilliwack Valley	Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child	03:07
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Good Time Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	03:10
Jack Holland	I'll Pick Her Up	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:41
Jack Holland	The Eyes of a Dreamer	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:24
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	We the People	02:52
Sidewinders	I Like to Dance	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:52
Buddy Knox	I'm In Love With You	ST	01:46
Zambonis*	Leave Your Stink at the Rink	To Bleed Black and Gold	00:44
Ellen McIlwaine	(I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You	Ellen McIlwaine	02:48
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Ellen McIlwaine	Crawling Kingsnake	Fear Itself	03:20
Nelson* Riddle	The Route of the Haidas	British Columbia Suite	03:34
Happy Dolls	Shake Your Booty	Show Album No. 1	02:57
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Just a Few Words	I'm a Song	03:10
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:55
Jack Holland	Sylvia	The Eyes of a Dreamer	03:18
Buddy Knox	Rock House	ST	01:53
Aarons And Ackley*	Five O'Clock	You And I	01:01
Ellen McIlwaine	Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Nelson* Riddle	Garibaldi Mountain	British Columbia Suite	05:13
Joe* Glazer	This Land is Your Land	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:29
Ellen McIlwaine	Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart?	Ellen McIlwaine	03:57
Ellen McIlwaine	Money Can't Save You	Ellen McIlwaine	03:22
Oscar* McLollie	So Pleasing Loving You	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	02:51
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	You're Getting Better	Love Serenade	02:30
Charmaines*	(You Are) Hypnotized	(You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)	02:33
Ursa Major*	Lay Me Down	ST	04:36
David Amram	Greasy Spoon	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:25
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Boat is Rocking	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
The Revelaires*	Cab Driver	Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver	03:06
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Maple Sugar Two Step	Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl	03:10
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Take Twenty	Love Serenade	02:10
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Two Little Oaks On a Mountain	Ukrainian Pops	01:29
Matt Lucas*	Drunkard's Dream	Matt Gets Blue	02:56
Aarons And Ackley*	You And I	You And I	03:23
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Halya Несе Галя Воду	Ukrainian Pops	01:56
Sidewinders	Gift to the Sun	Flatfoot Hustlin'	06:09
Matt Lucas*	New Orleans Woman	Matt Gets Blue	02:05
Albert Jones*	Hussle Disco	The Facts of Life	02:52
Zambonis*	Mind Like a Playgroup	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:36

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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