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	Length
David Amram	Song for Kenya	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:16
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	And I Love Her	And I Love Her	02:22
Nelson* Riddle	Butchart Gardens	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Ellen McIlwaine	Pinebo (My Story)	Honky Tonk Angel	02:41
Oscar* McLollie	For the Good Times	ST	04:20
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Show and Tell	Love Serenade	03:22
Ursa Major*	Stage Door Queen	ST	05:25
Aarons And Ackley*	Five O'Clock	You And I	01:01
Buddy Knox	Mary Lou	ST	02:20
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Sidewinders	I Like Your Stuff	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:49
Ellen McIlwaine	The Last Good Man in My Life	Ellen McIlwaine	03:25
David Amram	Alfred the Hog	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:19
Loni Gamble	Dance to it	ST	06:33
Aarons And Ackley*	Sailor Song	ST	06:42
Jonathan Edwards	Blow On Chilly Wind	Sailboat	03:17
Ellen McIlwaine	(I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You	Ellen McIlwaine	02:48
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Hard Hard Times	Shirley Lewis Show Band	01:31
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Albert Jones*	You Just Can't Turn Me Loose	The Facts of Life	02:59
Jonathan Edwards	How About You	Sailboat	03:28
Matt Lucas*	The Old Man	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	02:29
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Lady's Dream	And I Love Her	01:51
Ellen McIlwaine	It's Growing	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:06
Cal* Bostic	There You Are	Introducing...	02:59
Ellen McIlwaine	Lazarus	Fear Itself	05:46
Buddy Knox	I Ain't Sharin' Sharon	ST (mono)	02:01
Ellen McIlwaine	Toe Hold	Honky Tonk Angel	04:32
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Late Night Movies	I'm a Song	03:17
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	O Moon Do Not Shine	Ukrainian Pops	02:34
Ellen McIlwaine	I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song)	Everybody Needs It	02:55
Nelson* Riddle	Moving Ahead	British Columbia Suite	02:41
Ellen McIlwaine	Regretting Blues	Everybody Needs It	02:27
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	You're My Honey	I'm a Song	02:18
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Unleash the Horses Boys	Ukrainian Pops	02:00
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Halya Carries the Water	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:08
Yukon*	Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	05:28
Oscar* McLollie	The Way You Do the Things You Do	ST	02:45
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm a Song	I'm a Song	04:24
Joe* Glazer	The Farmer is the Man	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:51
Sidewinders	Time For Loving	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:24
Zambonis*	To Bleed Black and Gold	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:55
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Ellen McIlwaine	Hang On to a Dream	Everybody Needs It	03:45
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Fisherboys	Ukrainian Pops	03:54
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Are You Confused	Love Serenade	03:23
Oscar* McLollie	Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie)	ST	06:47
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко	Ukrainian Pops	03:34
Loni Gamble	It's You	ST	05:43
Buddy Knox	That's Why I Cry	ST (mono)	02:00
Ellen McIlwaine	Nothing Left to be Desired	Everybody Needs It	03:17
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Bohemian	I'm a Song	04:14
Matt Lucas*	Tomcat Blues	Matt Gets Blue	02:39
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	I Loved a Widow	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:33
Jack Holland	The Eyes of a Dreamer	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:24
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Good Time Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	03:10
Aarons And Ackley*	Annalee	ST	02:38
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Three Quarter Promenade	Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth	03:09
Alpha Centauri	Hard Life	ST	06:00
Country Mcdonald Joe*	War Widow	War War War	02:04
Albert Jones*	I Feel So Good	The Facts of Life	03:13
Cal* Bostic	May I	Introducing...	02:34
Jack Holland	Get it Behind You Girl	The Eyes of a Dreamer	01:37
Ursa Major*	Sinner	ST	07:29
Buddy Knox	Rock House	ST	01:53
Matt Lucas*	Men's Liberation	Matt Gets Blue	01:54
Aarons And Ackley*	Almost Five O'Clock	You And I	00:10
Ellen McIlwaine	Losing You	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:22
Ellen McIlwaine	Keep On	Everybody Needs It	03:39
Zambonis*	Leave Your Stink at the Rink	To Bleed Black and Gold	00:44
Aarons And Ackley*	Swanee Song	ST	02:48
Jack Holland	Roasalie	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:01
Zambonis*	Cool Shots (Theme Song)	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:17
Jack Holland	You Can't Make a Dancer	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:51
Ellen McIlwaine	Billy Gene	Fear Itself	03:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:54
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes	Ukrainian Pops	02:31
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:38
Aarons And Ackley*	Take Me Home	ST	04:48
Jonathan Edwards	Carolina Caroline	Sailboat	03:13
Aarons And Ackley*	You And I	You And I	03:23
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	We the People	03:54
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir*	Here Come the Hawks	Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)	02:25
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Street Girl	Love Serenade	03:17
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Honky Tonk Angel	04:55
Ellen McIlwaine	Steal Him Away	Ellen McIlwaine	03:12
Cal* Bostic	Longing for You (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	02:45
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Take Twenty	Love Serenade	02:10
Zambonis*	Let's Go Whalers	To Bleed Black and Gold	00:30
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Tony McManus	The Maids of Mitchelstown	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	02:53
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Verkhovyna Our Liitle World	Ukrainian Pops	04:23
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Halya Несе Галя Воду	Ukrainian Pops	01:56
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Matt Lucas*	I'm Movin' On	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	03:05

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

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