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
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Bukovynian Dance	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:02
Oscar* McLollie	Chilliwack Valley	Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child	03:07
Country Mcdonald Joe*	War Widow	War War War	02:04
Albert Jones*	Hussle Disco	The Facts of Life	02:52
Mike* Ferro	Bridges	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	04:51
Yukon*	Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	05:28
Jack Holland	Roasalie	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:01
Ellen McIlwaine	Can't Find My Way Home	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:39
Nelson* Riddle	The Okanagan	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Matt Lucas*	Herpes Blues	Matt Gets Blue	06:30
Eddie* Murray	Montreal, Canada Blues	Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance	03:34
Buddy Knox	Long Lonely Nights	ST (mono)	01:42
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes	Ukrainian Pops	02:31
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Young Fellow, My Lad	War War War	04:49
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	We the People	02:52
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Honky Tonk Angel	02:38
Ellen McIlwaine	Jimmy Jean	We the People	02:56
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Betrothed Girl	Ukrainian Pops	02:50
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула	Ukrainian Pops	02:41
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Honky Tonk Woman	Love Serenade	03:30
Ellen McIlwaine	The Last Good Man in My Life	Ellen McIlwaine	03:25
Buddy Knox	Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep	ST	02:20
Jonathan Edwards	Sailboat	Sailboat	03:08
Dave Gordon & Kay*	I Love That Hockey Team	I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow	03:07
Ellen McIlwaine	Keep On	Everybody Needs It	03:39
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Matt Lucas*	New Orleans Woman	Matt Gets Blue	02:05
Aarons And Ackley*	Almost Five O'Clock	You And I	00:10
Buddy Knox	Hula Love	ST	02:15
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Ellen McIlwaine	Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Regretting Blues	Everybody Needs It	02:27
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Theme For the Countless	And I Love Her	02:20
Albert Jones*	You and Your Love	The Facts of Life	03:22
Buddy Knox	Mary Lou	ST	02:20
Zambonis*	Leave Your Stink at the Rink	To Bleed Black and Gold	00:44
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Twins	War War War	01:54
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Hutsal Ksenia	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
David Amram	Greasy Spoon	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:25
Matt Lucas*	The Peepin' Tom	Matt Gets Blue	03:21
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Oscar* McLollie	The Way You Do the Things You Do	ST	02:45
Zambonis*	Helmet (instrumental)	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:10
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	You Belong to Me	You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)	05:00
Cal* Bostic	In Love Again (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:08
Zambonis*	The Hockey Song	Playoff Fever	02:25
Nelson* Riddle	Garibaldi Mountain	British Columbia Suite	05:13
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Time After Time	And I Love Her	03:12
David Amram	Old Man and the Children	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:48
Joe* Glazer	Solidarity Forever	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:02
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Ellen McIlwaine	Pinebo (My Story)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:41
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	I Loved a Widow	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:33
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Forward	War War War	04:42
Zambonis*	Live Intro - Hockey Monkey	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:47
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Hard Hard Times	Shirley Lewis Show Band	01:31
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Aarons And Ackley*	Don't	You And I	02:05
Cal* Bostic	There You Are	Introducing...	02:59
Oscar* McLollie	For the Good Times	ST	04:20
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Boots	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:36
Alpha Centauri	Make it at Rock 'n' Roll	ST	02:29
Doc Holiday*	Canadian State of Mind	Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind	03:37
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Can't Eat	Shirley Lewis Show Band	04:18
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Am I Blue	And I Love Her	04:25
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Jonathan Edwards	Carolina Caroline	Sailboat	03:13
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Devil Woman	I'm a Song	03:37
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Traditional 'Trojista' Music	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:43
Nelson* Riddle	Victoria	British Columbia Suite	02:26
Cal* Bostic	Georgie Girl	Introducing...	01:56
Cal* Bostic	Somewhere My Love	Introducing...	02:35
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Grandpa Tell Me One More Story	I'm a Song	04:39
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	05:06
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Halya Carries the Water	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:08
Jonathan Edwards	People Get Ready	Sailboat	03:02
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Jack Holland	The Eyes of a Dreamer	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:24
Exponians	The Look of Love	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:05
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Green Rye	Ukrainian Pops	03:09
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Amist the Black Eyes	05:25
Cal* Bostic	Longing for You (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	02:45
Sidewinders	Flat Foot Hustlin'	Flatfoot Hustlin'	06:16
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна	Ukrainian Pops	03:02
Alpha Centauri	You Shot Me Down	ST	05:43
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm a Song	I'm a Song	04:24
Joe* Glazer	We Shall Not Be Moved	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:04
Ellen McIlwaine	Bow'd Up	Fear Itself	01:40
Zambonis*	To Bleed Black and Gold	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:55
Ellen McIlwaine	Love and Devotion	Ellen McIlwaine	03:51
Nelson* Riddle	Valley of the Swans	British Columbia Suite	04:07
Buddy Knox	Somebody Touched Me	ST (mono)	02:16
Albert Jones*	You Stole My Love	The Facts of Life	03:25
Tony McManus	Donal Og - The Lea Rig	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:03
Yukon*	Genius	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	01:59
Alpha Centauri	One Night at a Time	ST	03:41
Ellen McIlwaine	In My Time of Dying	Fear Itself	08:48

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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