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 Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ernie* Smith Take Your Time To Behold Jah
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jonathan Edwards Carolina Caroline Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Zambonis* Leave Your Stink at the Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Cal* Bostic Let Me Love You Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Don't You And I
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Matt* Lucas Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song (Reprise) I'm a Song
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune We the People
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Nelson* Riddle The Route of the Haidas British Columbia Suite
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Jonathan Edwards Never Together Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* I Loved a Widow Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Jack Holland You Don't Have to Love Me The Eyes of a Dreamer
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Matt* Lucas Massage Parlour Blues Matt Gets Blue
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Matt* Lucas The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Oscar* McLollie Like to Live the Love ST
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie) ST
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Country Mcdonald Joe* The March Of The Dead War War War
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)

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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