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
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Matt Lucas* Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Ursa Major* Liberty and Justice ST
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
David Amram Your Smile On My Mind Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Ellen McIlwaine All to You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
The Revelaires* Great Pretender Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
The Revelaires* She Wears My Ring You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Cal* Bostic Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle) Introducing...
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Twins War War War
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Cal* Bostic Let Me Love You Introducing...
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Aarons And Ackley* Sailor Song ST
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Boat is Rocking Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Zambonis* Mind Like a Playgroup To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Honky Tonk Angel
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine

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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