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
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Albert Jones* Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Jack Holland You Don't Have to Love Me The Eyes of a Dreamer
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Cal* Bostic Longing for You (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Honky Tonk Angel
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Nelson* Riddle Peace River British Columbia Suite
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Matt* Lucas Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Zambonis* Cool Shots (Theme Song) To Bleed Black and Gold
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Cal* Bostic Let It Be Me Introducing...
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine All to You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Ernie* Smith Money Can't Buy Life Skareggae
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Aarons And Ackley* Sailor Song ST
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Cal* Bostic Georgie Girl Introducing...
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie) ST
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
David Amram Your Smile On My Mind Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Matt* Lucas Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Joe* Glazer The Farmer is the Man A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1

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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