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
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine All to You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Matt* Lucas The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Matt* Lucas Massage Parlour Blues Matt Gets Blue
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Albert Jones* Every Little Thing That I Do The Facts of Life
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Mossy Dream Fear Itself
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Oscar* McLollie Like to Live the Love ST
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Till You're Loving Me Again I'm a Song
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Albert Jones* She Lost Her Faith The Facts of Life
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Matt* Lucas Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Jonathan Edwards People Get Ready Sailboat
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Matt* Lucas The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Matt* Lucas The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Swanee Song ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Country Mcdonald Joe* The March Of The Dead War War War
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song I'm a Song
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Twins War War War
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Time After Time And I Love Her
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes

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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