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
Ellen McIlwaine	Losing You	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:22
Ellen McIlwaine	Bow'd Up	Fear Itself	01:40
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Cossack Beyond the Danube	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Cal* Bostic	Excessive Love (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:33
Nelson* Riddle	Victoria	British Columbia Suite	02:26
Alpha Centauri	One Night at a Time	ST	03:41
Ellen McIlwaine	I Don't Want to Play	We the People	03:20
Jonathan Edwards	Never Together	Sailboat	02:09
Jack Holland	The Time Or the Place	The Eyes of a Dreamer	01:46
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Jean Desprez	War War War	09:50
Matt* Lucas	I'm Movin' On	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	03:05
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Hopak	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:13
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Respect	You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)	02:50
Oscar* McLollie	For the Good Times	ST	04:20
Tony McManus	Chalaneru	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:23
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Zambonis*	Leave Your Stink at the Rink	To Bleed Black and Gold	00:44
Cal* Bostic	Longing for You (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	02:45
Ursa Major*	In My Darkest Hour	ST	05:28
Jonathan Edwards	Girl from the Canyon	Sailboat	02:37
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Honky Tonk Angel	04:01
Ellen McIlwaine	Lazarus	Fear Itself	05:46
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Loni Gamble	It's You	ST	05:43
Zambonis*	Cool Shots (Theme Song)	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:17
Ellen McIlwaine	I Don't Want to Play	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:20
Jack Holland	You Don't Have to Love Me	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:13
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Honky Tonk Angel	02:38
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:01
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Boat is Rocking	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
Nelson* Riddle	The Okanagan	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Jack Holland	There's More to Come	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:30
Ursa Major*	Back to the Land	ST	06:46
David Amram	Your Smile On My Mind	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:34
Zambonis*	To Bleed Black and Gold	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:55
Buddy Knox	Maybelline	ST	01:49
Ellen McIlwaine	Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love)	We the People	04:26
Sidewinders	Can't You Feel the Fire	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:55
Yukon*	Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	05:28
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Ellen McIlwaine	Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart?	Ellen McIlwaine	03:57
Matt* Lucas	Herpes Blues	Matt Gets Blue	06:30
Matt* Lucas	The Old Man	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	02:29
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	Fear Itself	03:23
Nelson* Riddle	Vancouver Nights	British Columbia Suite	02:09
Ellen McIlwaine	I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song)	Everybody Needs It	02:55
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Hard Hard Times	Shirley Lewis Show Band	01:31
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Devil Woman	I'm a Song	03:37
Happy Dolls	Shake Your Booty	Show Album No. 1	02:57
Ellen McIlwaine	Say a Single Word	Everybody Needs It	03:49
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Loni Gamble	Could it be Love	ST	07:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:52
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:54
Loni Gamble	In love for the First Time	ST	03:40
Ursa Major*	Sinner	ST	07:29
Nelson* Riddle	Barkerville	British Columbia Suite	02:22
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Good Time Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	03:10
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Am I Blue	And I Love Her	04:25
Cal* Bostic	In Love Again (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:08
Ellen McIlwaine	Ode to Billy Joe	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:13
Ellen McIlwaine	Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Buddy Knox	Storm Clouds	ST (mono)	02:02
Matt* Lucas	Leave the Light On Baby	Matt Gets Blue	06:00
Tony McManus	The Maids of Mitchelstown	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	02:53
David Amram	Greasy Spoon	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:25
Zambonis*	To Bleed Black and Gold (demo)	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:53
Ellen McIlwaine	We Got Each Other	Ellen McIlwaine	03:48
Alpha Centauri	Love Only You	ST	04:05
Joe* Glazer	It Could be a Wonderful World	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:53
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes	Ukrainian Pops	02:31
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Street Girl	Love Serenade	03:17
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Bohemian	I'm a Song	04:14
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Buddy Knox	Don't Make Me Cry	ST	02:20
Dils*	Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine)	Made In Canada	03:02
Buddy Knox	Long Lonely Nights	ST (mono)	01:42
Buddy Knox	Devil Woman	ST	02:07
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Kolomayka	Ukrainian Pops	02:45
Cal* Bostic	Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle)	Introducing...	02:41
Oscar* McLollie	Chilliwack Valley	Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child	03:07
Happy Dolls	Sweet Gypsy Rose	Show Album No. 1	02:32
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Aarons And Ackley*	You And I	You And I	03:23
Aarons And Ackley*	Sleeping Gypsy	ST	03:56
Happy Dolls	Bombie	Show Album No. 1	04:06
Matt* Lucas	Massage Parlour Blues	Matt Gets Blue	03:53
Joe* Glazer	We are Building a New Party	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:43
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Jakiv Came to Visit	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:03
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm Gonna Love You Baby	I'm a Song	02:34
Cal* Bostic	Let Me Love You	Introducing...	03:03
Nelson* Riddle	The Route of the Haidas	British Columbia Suite	03:34
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Ellen McIlwaine	All to You	We the People	03:06
Ellen McIlwaine	In My Time of Dying	Fear Itself	08:48
Jack Holland	Get it Behind You Girl	The Eyes of a Dreamer	01:37
Albert Jones*	You and Your Love	The Facts of Life	03:22

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

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

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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