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
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Jean Desprez	War War War	09:50
Matt Lucas*	Vibrator Blues	Matt Gets Blue	04:10
Buddy Knox	Storm Clouds	ST (mono)	02:02
Jonathan Edwards	Evangelina	Sailboat	03:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Bow'd Up	Fear Itself	01:40
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Kozak Dance	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:47
Matt Lucas*	Drunkard's Dream	Matt Gets Blue	02:56
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Good Time Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	03:10
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Love Serenade	Love Serenade	06:55
Oscar* McLollie	The Way You Do the Things You Do	ST	02:45
Loni Gamble	Could it be Love	ST	07:05
Buddy Knox	Long Lonely Nights	ST (mono)	01:42
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Ellen McIlwaine	Nothing Left to be Desired	Everybody Needs It	03:17
Zambonis*	Haunted Hockey Rink	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:09
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Show and Tell	Love Serenade	03:22
Zambonis*	Hockey Marlee	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:19
Buddy Knox	C'mon Baby	ST (mono)	02:05
Joe* Glazer	A Douglas for Me	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:12
Buddy Knox	Hula Love	ST (mono)	02:20
Jack Holland	I'll Pick Her Up	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:41
Jonathan Edwards	People Get Ready	Sailboat	03:02
Albert Jones*	You and Your Love	The Facts of Life	03:22
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Steal Him Away	Ellen McIlwaine	03:12
Buddy Knox	Rock House	ST	01:53
Albert Jones*	I Feel So Good	The Facts of Life	03:13
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Honky Tonk Angel	04:01
Dils*	Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine)	Made In Canada	03:02
Nelson* Riddle	Victoria	British Columbia Suite	02:26
Ellen McIlwaine	(I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You	Ellen McIlwaine	02:48
Ursa Major*	Lay Me Down	ST	04:36
Oscar* McLollie	So Pleasing Loving You	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	02:51
Nelson* Riddle	Garibaldi Mountain	British Columbia Suite	05:13
Nelson* Riddle	The Caribou	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Oscar* McLollie	Love Will Get You	ST	03:32
Jack Holland	Roasalie	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:01
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Boat is Rocking	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm a Song	I'm a Song	04:24
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	Fear Itself	03:23
Jonathan Edwards	Carolina Caroline	Sailboat	03:13
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Moanin	Shirley Lewis Show Band	05:46
Tony McManus	Donal Og - The Lea Rig	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:03
Zambonis*	Helmet (instrumental)	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:10
Ursa Major*	Back to the Land	ST	06:46
Buddy Knox	Swingin' Daddy	ST (mono)	01:50
David Amram	Little Momma	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:04
Happy Dolls	Misty Blue	Show Album No. 1	03:43
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	05:06
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Ellen McIlwaine	All to You	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:05
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Jonathan Edwards	Let the Rough Side Drag	Sailboat	03:00
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Honky Tonk Angel	05:06
Ellen McIlwaine	I Don't Want to Play	We the People	03:20
Loni Gamble	Circles	ST	06:08
Cal* Bostic	Somewhere My Love	Introducing...	02:35
Loni Gamble	Nightime Kind of Love	ST	06:53
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:54
Buddy Knox	Teasable, Pleasable You	ST (mono)	02:19
The Revelaires*	Great Pretender	Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver	02:37
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	You're My Honey	I'm a Song	02:18
Buddy Knox	Rock-a-Billy Walk	ST	02:15
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	We the People	02:52
Nelson* Riddle	Vancouver Nights	British Columbia Suite	02:09
Ellen McIlwaine	Born Under a Bad Sign	Fear Itself	03:33
Happy Dolls	Drum Solo	Show Album No. 1	05:14
Matt Lucas*	I'm Movin' On	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	03:05
Cal* Bostic	The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:08
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Happy Dolls	Shake Your Booty	Show Album No. 1	02:57
Oscar* McLollie	Like to Live the Love	ST	03:23
Mike* Ferro	Bridges	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	04:51
Charmaines*	(You Are) Hypnotized	(You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)	02:33
Ellen McIlwaine	Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Shake a Hand	Amist the Black Eyes	04:18
Aarons And Ackley*	L.A.	You And I	02:44
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Honky Tonk Angel	04:55
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)	We the People	02:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Regretting Blues	Everybody Needs It	02:27
Happy Dolls	Pick Up the Pieces	Show Album No. 1	03:59
Ellen McIlwaine	The Letter	Fear Itself	02:10
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Bluebird*	Country Boy Blues	Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost	02:40
Matt Lucas*	Tomcat Blues	Matt Gets Blue	02:39
Albert Jones*	You Stole My Love	The Facts of Life	03:25
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Matt Lucas*	Leave the Light On Baby	Matt Gets Blue	06:00
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Three Quarter Promenade	Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth	03:09
Nelson* Riddle	Butchart Gardens	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Charmaines*	The One For Me	(You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)	02:15
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:52
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Ellen McIlwaine	I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song)	Everybody Needs It	02:55
Ellen McIlwaine	Love and Devotion	Ellen McIlwaine	03:51
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Traditional 'Trojista' Music	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:43

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

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

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The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

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Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

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Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

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Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

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Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

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Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

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Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

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Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

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Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

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

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

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

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

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Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

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Aarons And Ackley* - ST

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

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Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

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Oscar* McLollie - ST

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

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

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

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

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Loni Gamble - ST

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

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Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

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Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

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

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