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
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Hard Days Night	And I Love Her	02:33
Cal* Bostic	Excessive Love (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:33
Zambonis*	Let's Go Whalers	To Bleed Black and Gold	00:30
Zambonis*	Boom Boom Boom	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:07
Buddy Knox	Teasable, Pleasable You	ST (mono)	02:19
Jonathan Edwards	Never Together	Sailboat	02:09
Jack Holland	Waco	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:39
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:55
Jonathan Edwards	Girl from the Canyon	Sailboat	02:37
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	It Only Takes a Moment	And I Love Her	02:08
Buddy Knox	That's Why I Cry	ST (mono)	02:00
Ellen McIlwaine	Born Under a Bad Sign	Fear Itself	03:33
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes	Ukrainian Pops	02:31
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Nelson* Riddle	Barkerville	British Columbia Suite	02:22
Tony McManus	The Maids of Mitchelstown	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	02:53
Ellen McIlwaine	Pinebo (My Story)	Honky Tonk Angel	02:41
Ellen McIlwaine	Jimmy Jean	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:59
Buddy Knox	Rock Around the Clock	ST	01:53
Exponians	My Peaceful World	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	05:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:26
Loni Gamble	Could it be Love	ST	07:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Isn't That So	Ellen McIlwaine	03:55
Jonathan Edwards	People Get Ready	Sailboat	03:02
Happy Dolls	Misty Blue	Show Album No. 1	03:43
Alpha Centauri	Earth in Motion	ST	04:59
Ellen McIlwaine	Ode to Billy Joe	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:13
The Revelaires*	Cab Driver	Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver	03:06
Cal* Bostic	Longing for You (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	02:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Needs It	Everybody Needs It	03:14
Ellen McIlwaine	In My Time of Dying	Fear Itself	08:48
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Moanin	Shirley Lewis Show Band	05:46
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	We the People	02:52
Jonathan Edwards	Evangelina	Sailboat	03:45
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Call	War War War	02:36
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	You're My Honey	I'm a Song	02:18
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Late Night Movies	I'm a Song	03:17
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Jakiv Came to Visit	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:03
Buddy Knox	Rock-a-Billy Walk	ST	02:15
Loni Gamble	Circles	ST	06:08
Ellen McIlwaine	We The People	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:23
Matt Lucas*	The Last Song	Matt Gets Blue	03:25
Yukon*	Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	05:28
Oscar* McLollie	Help Me Make It Through the Night	ST	03:28
Nelson* Riddle	Peace River	British Columbia Suite	02:47
Ursa Major*	Liberty and Justice	ST	05:52
Ellen McIlwaine	It's Growing	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:06
The Revelaires*	Great Pretender	Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver	02:37
Ellen McIlwaine	Ode to Billie Joe	Honky Tonk Angel	04:13
Albert Jones*	I Feel So Good	The Facts of Life	03:13
Joe* Glazer	This Land is Your Land	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:29
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	I See Your Face Before Me	And I Love Her	02:15
Ellen McIlwaine	Can't Find My Way Home	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:39
Ellen McIlwaine	Say a Single Word	Everybody Needs It	03:49
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Alpha Centauri	Hard Life	ST	06:00
Oscar* McLollie	She's a Child	Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child	03:02
Matt Lucas*	Drunkard's Dream	Matt Gets Blue	02:56
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Cal* Bostic	Let Me Love You	Introducing...	03:03
Happy Dolls	Shake Your Booty	Show Album No. 1	02:57
Ellen McIlwaine	I Don't Want to Play	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:20
Matt Lucas*	I'm Movin' On	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	03:05
Nelson* Riddle	Butchart Gardens	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Doc Holiday*	Canadian State of Mind	Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind	03:37
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm a Song (Reprise)	I'm a Song	01:13
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm Gonna Love You Baby	I'm a Song	02:34
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:01
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Just a Few Words	I'm a Song	03:10
Tony McManus	Chalaneru	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:23
Ellen McIlwaine	Come Sit Down and Tell Me	Everybody Needs It	02:44
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:45
Ursa Major*	Back to the Land	ST	06:46
Nelson* Riddle	The Caribou	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Verkhovyna Our Liitle World	Ukrainian Pops	04:23
Cal* Bostic	Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle)	Introducing...	02:41
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Can't Eat	Shirley Lewis Show Band	04:18
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	We the People	03:54
Albert Jones*	Thank Goodness	The Facts of Life	02:24
Buddy Knox	Rock House	ST	01:53
Joe* Glazer	Solidarity Forever	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:02
Bluebird*	Country Boy Blues	Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost	02:40
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Aarons And Ackley*	Bonnie Blue	You And I	02:20
Aarons And Ackley*	Girl I've Been Waiting	You And I	02:36
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	I Loved a Widow	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:33
Aarons And Ackley*	Take Me Home	ST	04:48
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Hutsal Ksenia	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
Matt Lucas*	Tomcat Blues	Matt Gets Blue	02:39
Sidewinders	A Voyage	Flatfoot Hustlin'	01:06
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Devil Woman	I'm a Song	03:37
Aarons And Ackley*	Swanee Song	ST	02:48
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Take Twenty	Love Serenade	02:10
Zambonis*	To Bleed Black and Gold	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:55
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Honky Tonk Angel	05:06
Aarons And Ackley*	Willie Boy	ST	03:02

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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