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	Length
Jack Holland	You Don't Have to Love Me	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:13
Ellen McIlwaine	Ode to Billie Joe	Honky Tonk Angel	04:13
Loni Gamble	In love for the First Time	ST	03:40
Nelson* Riddle	The Caribou	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm Gonna Love You Baby	I'm a Song	02:34
Oscar* McLollie	Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie)	ST	03:02
Ellen McIlwaine	I Don't Want to Play	We the People	03:20
Exponians	My Peaceful World	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	05:05
Jack Holland	The Eyes of a Dreamer	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:24
Ursa Major*	Back to the Land	ST	06:46
Yukon*	Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	05:28
Ellen McIlwaine	Love and Devotion	Ellen McIlwaine	03:51
Ellen McIlwaine	All to You	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:05
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Jakiv Came to Visit	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:03
Zambonis*	Let's Go Whalers	To Bleed Black and Gold	00:30
David Amram	Little Momma	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:04
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Fisherboys	Ukrainian Pops	03:54
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Love Serenade	Love Serenade	06:55
Nelson* Riddle	Government House	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Zambonis*	Haunted Hockey Rink	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:09
Buddy Knox	Somebody Touched Me	ST (mono)	02:16
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Matt Lucas*	The Last Song	Matt Gets Blue	03:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Hang On to a Dream	Everybody Needs It	03:45
Zambonis*	Cool Shots (Theme Song)	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:17
Cal* Bostic	The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:08
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Zambonis*	Boom Boom Boom	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:07
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Till You're Loving Me Again	I'm a Song	03:34
Ellen McIlwaine	Losing You	Honky Tonk Angel	02:22
Aarons And Ackley*	Could Have Had Anything	You And I	02:19
Ellen McIlwaine	We Got Each Other	Ellen McIlwaine	03:48
Aarons And Ackley*	Sailor Song	ST	06:42
Aarons And Ackley*	Annalee	ST	02:38
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Livin' the Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	08:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Mossy Dream	Fear Itself	02:49
Ellen McIlwaine	Isn't That So	Ellen McIlwaine	03:55
Albert Jones*	She Lost Her Faith	The Facts of Life	03:47
Dils*	Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge)	Made In Canada	02:37
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	I See Your Face Before Me	And I Love Her	02:15
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	King of the Cops	I'm a Song	03:06
Happy Dolls	Drum Solo	Show Album No. 1	05:14
Albert Jones*	Hussle Disco	The Facts of Life	02:52
Priscilla* Rollins	Let the Good Times Roll	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:28
Ellen McIlwaine	Regretting Blues	Everybody Needs It	02:27
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Buddy Knox	Hula Love	ST	02:15
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Pinebo (My Story)	Honky Tonk Angel	02:41
Buddy Knox	Teasable, Pleasable You	ST (mono)	02:19
Ellen McIlwaine	Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love)	We the People	04:26
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Betrothed Girl	Ukrainian Pops	02:50
Alpha Centauri	You Shot Me Down	ST	05:43
Zambonis*	Live Intro - Hockey Monkey	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:47
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Are You Confused	Love Serenade	03:23
Doc Holiday*	Canadian State of Mind	Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind	03:37
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Hard Hard Times	Shirley Lewis Show Band	01:31
Buddy Knox	Maybelline	ST	01:49
Tony McManus	Donal Og - The Lea Rig	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:03
Ellen McIlwaine	Cure My Blues	Everybody Needs It	04:14
Happy Dolls	Shake Your Booty	Show Album No. 1	02:57
Cal* Bostic	Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle)	Introducing...	02:41
David Amram	Song for Kenya	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:16
Ernie* Smith	Take Your Time	To Behold Jah	03:22
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Can't Eat	Shirley Lewis Show Band	04:18
Joe* Glazer	It Could be a Wonderful World	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:53
Oscar* McLollie	Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie)	ST	06:47
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Just a Few Words	I'm a Song	03:10
Aarons And Ackley*	There Is A Lady	ST	02:21
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Honky Tonk Angel	04:55
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Bohemian	I'm a Song	04:14
Ellen McIlwaine	Up From the Skies	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:52
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула	Ukrainian Pops	02:41
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Presque Isle Eighth	Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth	03:09
Buddy Knox	I Ain't Sharin' Sharon	ST (mono)	02:01
Nelson* Riddle	The Route of the Haidas	British Columbia Suite	03:34
Cal* Bostic	There You Are	Introducing...	02:59
Exponians	The Look of Love	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:05
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Jean Desprez	War War War	09:50
Ursa Major*	In My Darkest Hour	ST	05:28
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Munition Maker	War War War	04:23
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Two Little Oaks On a Mountain	Ukrainian Pops	01:29
Aarons And Ackley*	Oh What a Good Time	You And I	02:50
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:52
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Jonathan Edwards	Blow On Chilly Wind	Sailboat	03:17
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Tony McManus	Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:49
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко	Ukrainian Pops	03:34
Albert Jones*	That's the Way You Lost My Love	The Facts of Life	03:56
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Moanin	Shirley Lewis Show Band	05:46
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Buddy Knox	That's Why I Cry	ST (mono)	02:00
Alpha Centauri	I'm a Rebel	ST	03:37
Cal* Bostic	That's All	Introducing...	02:31
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Zambonis*	Hockey Marlee	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:19
Priscilla* Rollins	Tell Him that You Love Him	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Comments