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
Matt Lucas* New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
David Amram Your Smile On My Mind Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Cal* Bostic Longing for You (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Matt Lucas* Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
David Amram Little Momma Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Honky Tonk Angel
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Matt Lucas* Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Loni Gamble Circles ST
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Cal* Bostic Let It Be Me Introducing...
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Cal* Bostic The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Cal* Bostic Let Me Love You Introducing...
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Loni Gamble Dance to it ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

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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