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
Albert Jones* I Feel So Good The Facts of Life
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Zambonis* Cool Shots (Theme Song) To Bleed Black and Gold
Loni Gamble Circles ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* I Loved a Widow Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Matt* Lucas Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Matt* Lucas I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Cal* Bostic Let Me Love You Introducing...
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
David Amram Deep South Evening Light Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Country Mcdonald Joe* War Widow War War War
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Matt* Lucas Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Dils* Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine) Made In Canada
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Jonathan Edwards Carolina Caroline Sailboat
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Honky Tonk Angel
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Nelson* Riddle Peace River British Columbia Suite
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Cal* Bostic The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Zambonis* Mind Like a Playgroup To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Matt* Lucas Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Priscilla* Rollins Sweet Inspiration Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae

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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