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* Silverspoon ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Oscar* McLollie Girl of Mine ST
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
David Amram Deep South Evening Light Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Ursa Major* Liberty and Justice ST
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
The Revelaires* Great Pretender Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver
Albert Jones* Every Little Thing That I Do The Facts of Life
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
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
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Loni Gamble Circles ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Cal* Bostic Longing for You (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Buddy Knox C'mon Baby ST (mono)
Nelson* Riddle Peace River British Columbia Suite
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune We the People
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Matt Lucas* New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Zambonis* Leave Your Stink at the Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Matt Lucas* I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Matt Lucas* Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart? Ellen McIlwaine
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius

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

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

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)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

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