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
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	You're Getting Better	Love Serenade	02:30
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	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Honky Tonk Angel	02:38
Albert Jones*	You and Your Love	The Facts of Life	03:22
Ellen McIlwaine	Jimmy Jean	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:59
Zambonis*	Helmet (instrumental)	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:10
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Respect	You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)	02:50
David Amram	The Mountain Song	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:15
Zambonis*	To Bleed Black and Gold (demo)	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:53
Alpha Centauri	You Shot Me Down	ST	05:43
Oscar* McLollie	Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie)	ST	06:47
Dils*	Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine)	Made In Canada	03:02
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	I Want a Girl	Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl	03:04
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Can't Find My Way Home	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:39
Oscar* McLollie	Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie)	ST	03:02
Alpha Centauri	I'm a Rebel	ST	03:37
Buddy Knox	I Ain't Sharin' Sharon	ST (mono)	02:01
Ellen McIlwaine	You May be All I Need	Ellen McIlwaine	04:04
Ellen McIlwaine	Up From the Skies	Honky Tonk Angel	03:52
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	I Loved a Widow	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:33
Happy Dolls	Shake Your Booty	Show Album No. 1	02:57
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	You Belong to Me	You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)	05:00
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Munition Maker	War War War	04:23
Cal* Bostic	Excessive Love (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:33
Buddy Knox	I'm In Love With You	ST	01:46
Oscar* McLollie	Buried Alive	ST	04:12
Jonathan Edwards	Evangelina	Sailboat	03:45
Ursa Major*	Sinner	ST	07:29
Ellen McIlwaine	We Got Each Other	Ellen McIlwaine	03:48
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Bohemian	I'm a Song	04:14
Buddy Knox	Hula Love	ST (mono)	02:20
Buddy Knox	Somebody Touched Me	ST (mono)	02:16
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Nelson* Riddle	Butchart Gardens	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Handzya	Ukrainian Pops	02:20
Matt Lucas*	Vibrator Blues	Matt Gets Blue	04:10
Nelson* Riddle	Government House	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Forward	War War War	04:42
Ellen McIlwaine	Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune	We the People	02:25
Happy Dolls	Bombie	Show Album No. 1	04:06
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Ill Wind	And I Love Her	01:51
Nelson* Riddle	Valley of the Swans	British Columbia Suite	04:07
David Amram	Greasy Spoon	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:25
Aarons And Ackley*	Could Have Had Anything	You And I	02:19
Ellen McIlwaine	Lazarus	Fear Itself	05:46
Nelson* Riddle	Moving Ahead	British Columbia Suite	02:41
Loni Gamble	It's You	ST	05:43
Yukon*	Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	05:28
Tony McManus	The Maids of Mitchelstown	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	02:53
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко	Ukrainian Pops	03:34
Albert Jones*	I Feel So Good	The Facts of Life	03:13
Joe* Glazer	We Shall Not Be Moved	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:04
Ellen McIlwaine	Isn't That So	Ellen McIlwaine	03:55
Joe* Glazer	It Could be a Wonderful World	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:53
Ellen McIlwaine	I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song)	Everybody Needs It	02:55
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Sidewinders	I Like to Dance	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:52
Oscar* McLollie	So Pleasing Loving You	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	02:51
Sidewinders	A Voyage	Flatfoot Hustlin'	01:06
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Love Serenade	Love Serenade	06:55
Exponians	Wicked Woman	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:56
Ellen McIlwaine	Money Can't Save You	Ellen McIlwaine	03:22
David Amram	Deep South Evening Light	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:22
Eddie* Murray	Montreal, Canada Blues	Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance	03:34
Alpha Centauri	Hard Life	ST	06:00
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Late Night Movies	I'm a Song	03:17
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Verkhovyna Our Liitle World	Ukrainian Pops	04:23
Alpha Centauri	One Night at a Time	ST	03:41
Jonathan Edwards	Girl from the Canyon	Sailboat	02:37
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Street Girl	Love Serenade	03:17
Cal* Bostic	Longing for You (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	02:45
Cal* Bostic	The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:08
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	Fear Itself	03:23
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Honky Tonk Angel	05:06
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Time After Time	And I Love Her	03:12
Ellen McIlwaine	Born Under a Bad Sign	Fear Itself	03:33
Albert Jones*	Thank Goodness	The Facts of Life	02:24
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Fisherboys	Ukrainian Pops	03:54
Joe* Glazer	This Land is Your Land	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:29
Mike* Ferro	Bridges	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	04:51
Ellen McIlwaine	Regretting Blues	Everybody Needs It	02:27
Ursa Major*	Lay Me Down	ST	04:36
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Tommy Makem	Vancouver	Vancouver b/w Better Times	02:45
Oscar* McLollie	For the Good Times	ST	04:20
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Kozak Dance	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:47
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Doc Holiday*	Canadian State of Mind	Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind	03:37
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Halya Несе Галя Воду	Ukrainian Pops	01:56
Oscar* McLollie	Girl of Mine	ST	03:13
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Ellen McIlwaine	It's Growing	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:06
Nelson* Riddle	The Okanagan	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Ellen McIlwaine	Mossy Dream	Fear Itself	02:49
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	And I Love Her	And I Love Her	02:22
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Cal* Bostic	Let It Be Me	Introducing...	02:44

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

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Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

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Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

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Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

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Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

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Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

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Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

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Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

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

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

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

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

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Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

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

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Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

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Oscar* McLollie - ST

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

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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

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

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