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
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
David Amram Deep South Evening Light Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Joe* Glazer New Democratic Party Train A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Matt Lucas* New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Aarons And Ackley* N.F.S. You And I
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Matt Lucas* The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Matt Lucas* The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Mossy Dream Fear Itself
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Matt Lucas* The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Zambonis* Leave Your Stink at the Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Till You're Loving Me Again I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Albert Jones* She Lost Her Faith The Facts of Life
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Honky Tonk Angel
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

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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