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
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* Swanee Song ST
Jonathan Edwards People Get Ready Sailboat
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Jonathan Edwards Never Together Sailboat
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song (Reprise) I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Mossy Dream Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Till You're Loving Me Again I'm a Song
Matt Lucas* Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Nelson* Riddle The Route of the Haidas British Columbia Suite
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Country Mcdonald Joe* The March Of The Dead War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Loni Gamble Dance to it ST
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Aarons And Ackley* Sailor Song ST
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine All to You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Buddy Knox Mary Lou ST
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

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)

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