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	Length
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Bohemian	I'm a Song	04:14
Ellen McIlwaine	Born Under a Bad Sign	Fear Itself	03:33
Nelson* Riddle	Victoria	British Columbia Suite	02:26
Jonathan Edwards	Never Together	Sailboat	02:09
The Revelaires*	Cab Driver	Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver	03:06
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Two Little Oaks On a Mountain	Ukrainian Pops	01:29
Joe* Glazer	We are Building a New Party	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:43
Cal* Bostic	There You Are	Introducing...	02:59
Ellen McIlwaine	Crawling Kingsnake	Fear Itself	03:20
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Hutsal Ksenia	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
Jonathan Edwards	Carolina Caroline	Sailboat	03:13
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко	Ukrainian Pops	03:34
Ellen McIlwaine	Losing You	Honky Tonk Angel	02:22
Ellen McIlwaine	Toe Hold	Honky Tonk Angel	04:32
Loni Gamble	In love for the First Time	ST	03:40
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Reapers Harvest	Ukrainian Pops	03:04
Buddy Knox	Mary Lou	ST	02:20
Aarons And Ackley*	L.A.	You And I	02:44
Buddy Knox	Don't Make Me Cry	ST	02:20
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Just a Few Words	I'm a Song	03:10
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Time After Time	And I Love Her	03:12
Aarons And Ackley*	N.F.S.	You And I	02:18
Albert Jones*	Thank Goodness	The Facts of Life	02:24
Ellen McIlwaine	Come Sit Down and Tell Me	Everybody Needs It	02:44
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	King of the Cops	I'm a Song	03:06
Oscar* McLollie	Girl of Mine	ST	03:13
Zambonis*	Boom Boom Boom	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:07
Jack Holland	Waco	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:39
Buddy Knox	That's Why I Cry	ST (mono)	02:00
Buddy Knox	Rock-a-Billy Walk	ST	02:15
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Forward	War War War	04:42
Eddie* Murray	Montreal, Canada Blues	Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance	03:34
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Halya Carries the Water	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:08
Sidewinders	A Voyage	Flatfoot Hustlin'	01:06
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Ellen McIlwaine	I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song)	Everybody Needs It	02:55
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Yukon*	Genius	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	01:59
Aarons And Ackley*	Sailor Song	ST	06:42
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Matt Lucas*	The Old Man	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	02:29
Jonathan Edwards	People Get Ready	Sailboat	03:02
Buddy Knox	Rock Around the Clock	ST	01:53
Sidewinders	Can't You Feel the Fire	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:55
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Zambonis*	To Bleed Black and Gold	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:55
Albert Jones*	You Just Can't Turn Me Loose	The Facts of Life	02:59
Ellen McIlwaine	Billy Gene	Fear Itself	03:05
Loni Gamble	It's You	ST	05:43
Aarons And Ackley*	You And I	You And I	03:23
Cal* Bostic	Georgie Girl	Introducing...	01:56
Ursa Major*	Back to the Land	ST	06:46
Zambonis*	The Hockey Song	Playoff Fever	02:25
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Theme For the Countless	And I Love Her	02:20
Aarons And Ackley*	Lay Me Down	ST	02:47
Jonathan Edwards	Let the Rough Side Drag	Sailboat	03:00
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Polissian Polka 'Mazury'	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:10
Nelson* Riddle	Garibaldi Mountain	British Columbia Suite	05:13
Aarons And Ackley*	Sleeping Gypsy	ST	03:56
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Cossack Beyond the Danube	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	O Moon Do Not Shine	Ukrainian Pops	02:34
Oscar* McLollie	Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie)	ST	03:02
Jack Holland	Sylvia	The Eyes of a Dreamer	03:18
Joe* Glazer	It Could be a Wonderful World	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:53
Mike* Ferro	Soldier In The Rain	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	03:20
Ellen McIlwaine	Can't Find My Way Home	Honky Tonk Angel	03:39
Ellen McIlwaine	Up From the Skies	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:52
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	You're My Honey	I'm a Song	02:18
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Wedding March	Ukrainian Pops	04:09
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:52
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Moanin	Shirley Lewis Show Band	05:46
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	(There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World	Love Serenade	03:02
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Street Girl	Love Serenade	03:17
Ellen McIlwaine	Pinebo (My Story)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:41
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	It Only Takes a Moment	And I Love Her	02:08
Oscar* McLollie	Buried Alive	ST	04:12
David Amram	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:38
Matt Lucas*	The Nuthouse	Matt Gets Blue	02:30
Happy Dolls	Funky Stuff	Show Album No. 1	03:04
Jonathan Edwards	Weapon of Prayer	Sailboat	03:27
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	Fear Itself	03:23
Ellen McIlwaine	Cure My Blues	Everybody Needs It	04:14
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула	Ukrainian Pops	02:41
Sidewinders	I Like Your Stuff	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:49
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Green Power	Love Serenade	02:31
Dils*	Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge)	Made In Canada	02:37
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Priscilla* Rollins	Let the Good Times Roll	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:28
Zambonis*	The Greatest Season	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:22
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:38
Alpha Centauri	One Night at a Time	ST	03:41
Happy Dolls	Hello Dolly	Show Album No. 1	01:44
Ellen McIlwaine	Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart?	Ellen McIlwaine	03:57
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Ursa Major*	Liberty and Justice	ST	05:52
Nelson* Riddle	Government House	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Matt Lucas*	New Orleans Woman	Matt Gets Blue	02:05

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

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