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
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
The Revelaires* Cab Driver Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver
Country Mcdonald Joe* The March Of The Dead War War War
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra It Only Takes a Moment And I Love Her
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Jonathan Edwards Never Together Sailboat
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Albert Jones* I Feel So Good The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song (Reprise) I'm a Song
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Boat is Rocking Ukrainian Pops
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Albert Jones* She Lost Her Faith The Facts of Life
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Buddy Knox Mary Lou ST
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Hutsal Ksenia Ukrainian Pops
Priscilla* Rollins Sweet Inspiration Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Joe* Glazer The Farmer is the Man A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Country Mcdonald Joe* War Widow War War War
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Albert Jones* Every Little Thing That I Do The Facts of Life
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Green Power Love Serenade
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine All to You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Zambonis* Helmet (instrumental) To Bleed Black and Gold
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Mike* Ferro Bridges Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Maple Sugar Two Step Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Oscar* McLollie Girl of Mine ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Honky Tonk Woman Love Serenade
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Matt Lucas* New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* I Loved a Widow Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down 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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