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
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Fisherboys	Ukrainian Pops	03:54
Ellen McIlwaine	Lazarus	Fear Itself	05:46
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	And I Love Her	And I Love Her	02:22
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Zambonis*	To Bleed Black and Gold (demo)	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:53
Nelson* Riddle	Butchart Gardens	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:52
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:55
Exponians	Wicked Woman	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:56
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Sidewinders	Flat Foot Hustlin'	Flatfoot Hustlin'	06:16
Jack Holland	The Time Or the Place	The Eyes of a Dreamer	01:46
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Young Fellow, My Lad	War War War	04:49
Aarons And Ackley*	Lay Me Down	ST	02:47
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна	Ukrainian Pops	03:02
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Show and Tell	Love Serenade	03:22
David Amram	Song for Kenya	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:16
Ellen McIlwaine	Born Under a Bad Sign	Fear Itself	03:33
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула	Ukrainian Pops	02:41
Oscar* McLollie	So Pleasing Loving You	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	02:51
Dils*	Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge)	Made In Canada	02:37
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Cal* Bostic	Excessive Love (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:33
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Twins	War War War	01:54
Buddy Knox	I'm In Love With You	ST	01:46
Matt* Lucas	Herpes Blues	Matt Gets Blue	06:30
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Like Some One In Love	And I Love Her	03:05
Tony McManus	The Maids of Mitchelstown	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	02:53
Oscar* McLollie	Help Me Make It Through the Night	ST	03:28
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Zambonis*	Let's Go Whalers	To Bleed Black and Gold	00:30
Happy Dolls	Sweet Gypsy Rose	Show Album No. 1	02:32
Ellen McIlwaine	Mossy Dream	Fear Itself	02:49
Loni Gamble	Dance to it	ST	06:33
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Jack Holland	Get it Behind You Girl	The Eyes of a Dreamer	01:37
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Till You're Loving Me Again	I'm a Song	03:34
Buddy Knox	C'mon Baby	ST (mono)	02:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:54
Oscar* McLollie	Love Will Get You	ST	03:32
Albert Jones*	You Just Can't Turn Me Loose	The Facts of Life	02:59
Loni Gamble	Circles	ST	06:08
Ellen McIlwaine	It's Growing	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:06
Aarons And Ackley*	Annalee	ST	02:38
Nelson* Riddle	Barkerville	British Columbia Suite	02:22
Ursa Major*	Lay Me Down	ST	04:36
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Forward	War War War	04:42
Eddie* Murray	Montreal, Canada Blues	Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance	03:34
Joe* Glazer	Solidarity Forever	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:02
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	You Belong to Me	You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)	05:00
Jonathan Edwards	People Get Ready	Sailboat	03:02
Ellen McIlwaine	Losing You	Honky Tonk Angel	02:22
Ellen McIlwaine	Come Sit Down and Tell Me	Everybody Needs It	02:44
David Amram	Greasy Spoon	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:25
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Shake a Hand	Amist the Black Eyes	04:18
Matt* Lucas	Tomcat Blues	Matt Gets Blue	02:39
Sidewinders	A Voyage	Flatfoot Hustlin'	01:06
Matt* Lucas	The Peepin' Tom	Matt Gets Blue	03:21
Nelson* Riddle	The Okanagan	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Alpha Centauri	Make it at Rock 'n' Roll	ST	02:29
Oscar* McLollie	Chilliwack Valley	Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child	03:07
Oscar* McLollie	For the Good Times	ST	04:20
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Oscar* McLollie	Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie)	ST	06:47
Jonathan Edwards	Blow On Chilly Wind	Sailboat	03:17
Jonathan Edwards	How About You	Sailboat	03:28
Priscilla* Rollins	Tell Him that You Love Him	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Buddy Knox	Somebody Touched Me	ST (mono)	02:16
Buddy Knox	I Ain't Sharin' Sharon	ST (mono)	02:01
Albert Jones*	Thank Goodness	The Facts of Life	02:24
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Nelson* Riddle	The Caribou	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Dils*	Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine)	Made In Canada	03:02
Matt* Lucas	Men's Liberation	Matt Gets Blue	01:54
Oscar* McLollie	She's a Child	Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child	03:02
David Amram	The Mountain Song	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:15
Ellen McIlwaine	Can't Find My Way Home	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:39
Happy Dolls	Bombie	Show Album No. 1	04:06
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Honky Tonk Angel	05:06
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Alpha Centauri	Love Only You	ST	04:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Nothing Left to be Desired	Everybody Needs It	03:17
Exponians	My Peaceful World	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	05:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Keep On	Everybody Needs It	03:39
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	O Moon Do Not Shine	Ukrainian Pops	02:34
Buddy Knox	Hula Love	ST	02:15
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Are You Confused	Love Serenade	03:23
Matt* Lucas	New Orleans Woman	Matt Gets Blue	02:05
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Three Quarter Promenade	Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth	03:09
Ellen McIlwaine	Can't Find My Way Home	Honky Tonk Angel	03:39
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Unleash the Horses Boys	Ukrainian Pops	02:00
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Verkhovyna Our Liitle World	Ukrainian Pops	04:23
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Polissian Polka 'Mazury'	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:10
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Theme For the Countless	And I Love Her	02:20
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Call	War War War	02:36
Jack Holland	You Can't Make a Dancer	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:51
Ellen McIlwaine	In My Time of Dying	Fear Itself	08:48

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

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

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Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

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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 - Matt Gets Blue

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

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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

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

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