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
Jonathan Edwards	Weapon of Prayer	Sailboat	03:27
Alpha Centauri	Earth in Motion	ST	04:59
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Maple Sugar Two Step	Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl	03:10
Nelson* Riddle	Vancouver Nights	British Columbia Suite	02:09
Cal* Bostic	Excessive Love (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:33
Buddy Knox	Don't Make Me Cry	ST	02:20
Ellen McIlwaine	Love and Devotion	Ellen McIlwaine	03:51
Buddy Knox	Party Doll	ST	02:08
David Amram	Your Smile On My Mind	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:34
Cal* Bostic	The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:08
Oscar* McLollie	The Way You Do the Things You Do	ST	02:45
Nelson* Riddle	The Okanagan	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Cal* Bostic	Longing for You (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	02:45
Ellen McIlwaine	We the People	We the People	03:23
Ellen McIlwaine	Toe Hold	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:32
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Jack Holland	You Can't Make a Dancer	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:51
Joe* Glazer	The Farmer is the Man	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:51
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm a Song	I'm a Song	04:24
Ellen McIlwaine	All to You	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:05
Nelson* Riddle	Garibaldi Mountain	British Columbia Suite	05:13
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Betrothed Girl	Ukrainian Pops	02:50
Jack Holland	You Don't Have to Love Me	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:13
Loni Gamble	Dance to it	ST	06:33
Aarons And Ackley*	Oh What a Good Time	You And I	02:50
Zambonis*	Live Intro - Hockey Monkey	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:47
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Loni Gamble	Nightime Kind of Love	ST	06:53
Mike* Ferro	Bridges	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	04:51
Sidewinders	A Voyage	Flatfoot Hustlin'	01:06
Dils*	Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine)	Made In Canada	03:02
Buddy Knox	C'mon Baby	ST (mono)	02:05
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Alpha Centauri	You Shot Me Down	ST	05:43
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Reapers Harvest	Ukrainian Pops	03:04
Charmaines*	The One For Me	(You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)	02:15
Aarons And Ackley*	Sailor Song	ST	06:42
Zambonis*	Helmet (instrumental)	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:10
Buddy Knox	Hula Love	ST	02:15
Dils*	Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit)	Made In Canada	03:26
Jonathan Edwards	People Get Ready	Sailboat	03:02
Ellen McIlwaine	Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:26
Ursa Major*	Sinner	ST	07:29
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Exponians	Yellow Bird	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Up From the Skies	Honky Tonk Angel	03:52
Priscilla* Rollins	Let the Good Times Roll	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:28
Matt* Lucas	Drunkard's Dream	Matt Gets Blue	02:56
Happy Dolls	Funky Stuff	Show Album No. 1	03:04
Nelson* Riddle	Peace River	British Columbia Suite	02:47
Ursa Major*	Liberty and Justice	ST	05:52
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Presque Isle Eighth	Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth	03:09
Aarons And Ackley*	Almost Five O'Clock	You And I	00:10
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Twins	War War War	01:54
Happy Dolls	Drum Solo	Show Album No. 1	05:14
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Young Fellow, My Lad	War War War	04:49
Buddy Knox	Rock House	ST	01:53
Ellen McIlwaine	Up From the Skies	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:52
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	And I Love Her	And I Love Her	02:22
Ellen McIlwaine	Regretting Blues	Everybody Needs It	02:27
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна	Ukrainian Pops	03:02
Aarons And Ackley*	Willie Boy	ST	03:02
Aarons And Ackley*	Lay Me Down	ST	02:47
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Cal* Bostic	Let It Be Me	Introducing...	02:44
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Ill Wind	And I Love Her	01:51
Albert Jones*	You Stole My Love	The Facts of Life	03:25
Happy Dolls	Shake Your Booty	Show Album No. 1	02:57
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Hard Hard Times	Shirley Lewis Show Band	01:31
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Oscar* McLollie	She's a Child	Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child	03:02
Cal* Bostic	Somewhere My Love	Introducing...	02:35
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Boots	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:36
Oscar* McLollie	Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie)	ST	03:02
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:45
Albert Jones*	You Just Can't Turn Me Loose	The Facts of Life	02:59
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Street Girl	Love Serenade	03:17
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Hopak	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:13
Nelson* Riddle	Valley of the Swans	British Columbia Suite	04:07
Ellen McIlwaine	Jimmy Jean	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:59
Oscar* McLollie	Girl of Mine	ST	03:13
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Till You're Loving Me Again	I'm a Song	03:34
Ellen McIlwaine	For Suki	Fear Itself	02:47
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:01
Happy Dolls	Bombie	Show Album No. 1	04:06
Exponians	The Look of Love	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:05
Ellen McIlwaine	I Don't Want to Play	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:20
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Honky Tonk Angel	02:38
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The March Of The Dead	War War War	06:27
Happy Dolls	Sweet Gypsy Rose	Show Album No. 1	02:32
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Jack Holland	Sylvia	The Eyes of a Dreamer	03:18
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	(There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World	Love Serenade	03:02

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

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

FEATURED

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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