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
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Matt Lucas* Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Joe* Glazer The Farmer is the Man A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine All to You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Aarons And Ackley* Don't You And I
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Aarons And Ackley* Sailor Song ST
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Jack Holland You Don't Have to Love Me The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Nelson* Riddle The Route of the Haidas British Columbia Suite
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
David Amram Little Momma Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Time After Time And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
Joe* Glazer We are Building a New Party A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
Cal* Bostic The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Oscar* McLollie Girl of Mine ST
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Ernie* Smith Money Can't Buy Life Skareggae
Matt Lucas* Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Jonathan Edwards Carolina Caroline Sailboat
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Twins War War War
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST

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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