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 How About You Sailboat
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Matt Lucas* The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Matt Lucas* I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Aarons And Ackley* N.F.S. You And I
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Albert Jones* Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Matt Lucas* Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart? Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Boat is Rocking Ukrainian Pops
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
David Amram Your Smile On My Mind Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Matt Lucas* Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Loni Gamble Circles ST
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Twins War War War
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Honky Tonk Woman Love Serenade
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Zambonis* Leave Your Stink at the Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Matt Lucas* New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Matt Lucas* Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Jonathan Edwards Evangelina Sailboat
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Oscar* McLollie Girl of Mine ST
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra It Only Takes a Moment And I Love Her
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Country Mcdonald Joe* The March Of The Dead War War War
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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* - 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

Matt Gets Blue

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

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