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
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Matt Lucas* New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Mossy Dream Fear Itself
Cal* Bostic Let Me Love You Introducing...
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Matt Lucas* Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Maple Sugar Two Step Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Matt Lucas* The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Cal* Bostic The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Cal* Bostic Longing for You (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Matt Lucas* The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Aarons And Ackley* Sailor Song ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Matt Lucas* Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
The Revelaires* Cab Driver Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Nelson* Riddle Vancouver Nights British Columbia Suite
Matt Lucas* Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
David Amram Your Smile On My Mind Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Ursa Major* Sinner ST

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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