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
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Albert Jones* Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Aarons And Ackley* Don't You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Matt* Lucas New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Matt* Lucas Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Maple Sugar Two Step Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Boat is Rocking Ukrainian Pops
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie) ST
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Mike* Ferro Bridges Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Cal* Bostic That's All Introducing...
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* I Loved a Widow Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Country Mcdonald Joe* War Widow War War War
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Zambonis* Cool Shots (Theme Song) To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Zambonis* Mind Like a Playgroup To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine All to You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1

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 - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, 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

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

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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