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
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song I'm a Song
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Jonathan Edwards Never Together Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Loni Gamble Dance to it ST
Cal* Bostic Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle) Introducing...
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Nelson* Riddle Peace River British Columbia Suite
Jack Holland You Don't Have to Love Me The Eyes of a Dreamer
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Dils* Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine) Made In Canada
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Oscar* McLollie Girl of Mine ST
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Priscilla* Rollins Sweet Inspiration Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Nelson* Riddle Vancouver Nights British Columbia Suite
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
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
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie) ST
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Country Mcdonald Joe* War Widow War War War
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* I Loved a Widow Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Joe* Glazer We are Building a New Party A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Matt Lucas* Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra It Only Takes a Moment And I Love Her
Joe* Glazer The Farmer is the Man A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Albert Jones* Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself

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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