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
Matt* Lucas New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Cal* Bostic That's All Introducing...
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Honky Tonk Angel
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra It Only Takes a Moment And I Love Her
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Boat is Rocking Ukrainian Pops
Cal* Bostic Let Me Love You Introducing...
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Nelson* Riddle The Route of the Haidas British Columbia Suite
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Matt* Lucas The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Aarons And Ackley* There Is A Lady ST
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Matt* Lucas Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)
Matt* Lucas Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Loni Gamble Circles ST
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST

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 - 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

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

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

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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