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
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Albert Jones* Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Cal* Bostic Georgie Girl Introducing...
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Loni Gamble Circles ST
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Matt Lucas* Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Dils* Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine) Made In Canada
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Joe* Glazer The Farmer is the Man A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Twins War War War
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Oscar* McLollie Girl of Mine ST
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Cal* Bostic Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle) Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Ursa Major* Liberty and Justice ST
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Time After Time And I Love Her
Zambonis* Mind Like a Playgroup To Bleed Black and Gold
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Jonathan Edwards People Get Ready Sailboat
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie) ST
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Zambonis* Leave Your Stink at the Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Country Mcdonald Joe* War Widow War War War
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'

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

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

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)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

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