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
Dils* Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine) Made In Canada
Zambonis* Leave Your Stink at the Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Country Mcdonald Joe* The March Of The Dead War War War
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Nelson* Riddle The Route of the Haidas British Columbia Suite
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Matt Lucas* New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Matt Lucas* Massage Parlour Blues Matt Gets Blue
Oscar* McLollie Girl of Mine ST
Matt Lucas* Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Jonathan Edwards People Get Ready Sailboat
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Jonathan Edwards Weapon of Prayer Sailboat
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Matt Lucas* Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Twins War War War
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Aarons And Ackley* Sailor Song ST
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Ernie* Smith Take Your Time To Behold Jah
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Cal* Bostic Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle) Introducing...
Mike* Ferro Bridges Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Zambonis* Mind Like a Playgroup To Bleed Black and Gold
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Hutsal Ksenia Ukrainian Pops
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Ellen McIlwaine All to You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind

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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