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
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Matt* Lucas The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Honky Tonk Woman Love Serenade
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
Aarons And Ackley* Sailor Song ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Albert* Jones Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Nelson* Riddle Peace River British Columbia Suite
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Nelson* Riddle Vancouver Nights British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart? Ellen McIlwaine
Country Mcdonald Joe* War Widow War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Oscar* McLollie Girl of Mine ST
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Buddy Knox C'mon Baby ST (mono)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Boat is Rocking Ukrainian Pops
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Albert* Jones That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* N.F.S. You And I
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Matt* Lucas Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Matt* Lucas The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
Aarons And Ackley* Don't You And I
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Albert* Jones Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

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 - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, 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

Greeley, Colorado, USA - Winnipeg, Manitoba - Colorado, USA

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

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - Skareggae

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

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

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT BACK

You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Shirley Lewis Show Band

Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*

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