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
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
The Revelaires* Cab Driver Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Albert Jones* Every Little Thing That I Do The Facts of Life
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Cal* Bostic That's All Introducing...
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
The Revelaires* She Wears My Ring You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Twins War War War
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Zambonis* Cool Shots (Theme Song) To Bleed Black and Gold
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Priscilla* Rollins Sweet Inspiration Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Cal* Bostic Let Me Love You Introducing...
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Honky Tonk Woman Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie) ST
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Till You're Loving Me Again I'm a Song
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Matt Lucas* The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel

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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