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 Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ernie* Smith Take Your Time To Behold Jah
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Aarons And Ackley* Sailor Song ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Till You're Loving Me Again I'm a Song
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* N.F.S. You And I
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Matt* Lucas The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Albert Jones* Every Little Thing That I Do The Facts of Life
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Aarons And Ackley* Don't You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Dils* Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine) Made In Canada
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* I Loved a Widow Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra It Only Takes a Moment And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Honky Tonk Angel
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Jonathan Edwards Carolina Caroline Sailboat
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Nelson* Riddle Vancouver Nights British Columbia Suite
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Matt* Lucas Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Joe* Glazer New Democratic Party Train A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)

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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