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
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Dils* Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine) Made In Canada
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
Cal* Bostic Longing for You (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Joe* Glazer New Democratic Party Train A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Matt Lucas* Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Nelson* Riddle The Route of the Haidas British Columbia Suite
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune We the People
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Matt Lucas* The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
The Revelaires* She Wears My Ring You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Cal* Bostic Let Me Love You Introducing...
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Maple Sugar Two Step Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Green Power Love Serenade
Ernie* Smith Money Can't Buy Life Skareggae
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
The Revelaires* You're So Wrong You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Aarons And Ackley* Don't You And I
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Aarons And Ackley* There Is A Lady ST
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Matt Lucas* Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Buddy Knox C'mon Baby ST (mono)
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)

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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