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
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Aarons And Ackley* Swanee Song ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
Jonathan Edwards Never Together Sailboat
Zambonis* Mind Like a Playgroup To Bleed Black and Gold
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Oscar* McLollie Like to Live the Love ST
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Honky Tonk Woman Love Serenade
Matt Lucas* I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Cal* Bostic Georgie Girl Introducing...
Matt Lucas* The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Cal* Bostic Let It Be Me Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
The Revelaires* You're So Wrong You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Aarons And Ackley* Sailor Song ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
Zambonis* Cool Shots (Theme Song) To Bleed Black and Gold
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine All to You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
David Amram Deep South Evening Light Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Boat is Rocking Ukrainian Pops
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ernie* Smith Money Can't Buy Life Skareggae
Jonathan Edwards People Get Ready Sailboat
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Matt Lucas* Massage Parlour Blues Matt Gets Blue
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Cal* Bostic Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle) Introducing...
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Buddy Knox Mary Lou ST
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Buddy Knox C'mon Baby ST (mono)
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

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

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

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)

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