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
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Cal* Bostic Let It Be Me Introducing...
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Buddy Knox C'mon Baby ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Matt Lucas* The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Matt Lucas* The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Jack Holland You Don't Have to Love Me The Eyes of a Dreamer
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Matt Lucas* New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Jonathan Edwards Weapon of Prayer Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* I Loved a Widow Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Cal* Bostic Let Me Love You Introducing...
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song I'm a Song
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Cal* Bostic The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* There Is A Lady ST
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Matt Lucas* Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Zambonis* Cool Shots (Theme Song) To Bleed Black and Gold
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War
Joe* Glazer The Farmer is the Man A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Buddy Knox Mary Lou ST

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

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

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)

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

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