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
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Green Power Love Serenade
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Matt* Lucas Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Cal* Bostic Let It Be Me Introducing...
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Matt* Lucas Massage Parlour Blues Matt Gets Blue
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Buddy Knox C'mon Baby ST (mono)
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
David Amram Deep South Evening Light Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
David Amram Little Momma Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Jonathan Edwards Carolina Caroline Sailboat
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine All to You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Till You're Loving Me Again I'm a Song
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Oscar* McLollie Like to Live the Love ST
Matt* Lucas I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Aarons And Ackley* Don't You And I
Matt* Lucas Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Loni Gamble Circles ST
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Jack Holland You Don't Have to Love Me The Eyes of a Dreamer
Jonathan Edwards People Get Ready Sailboat
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

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 - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, 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

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

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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