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
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Time After Time And I Love Her
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Matt* Lucas New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Nelson* Riddle The Route of the Haidas British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Matt* Lucas Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Amist the Black Eyes
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie) ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* I Loved a Widow Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Matt* Lucas The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'

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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