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 In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Cal* Bostic The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Jonathan Edwards People Get Ready Sailboat
David Amram Little Momma Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Mike* Ferro Bridges Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
David Amram Deep South Evening Light Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Albert Jones* I Feel So Good The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Nelson* Riddle The Route of the Haidas British Columbia Suite
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Matt Lucas* The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Matt Lucas* New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Matt Lucas* Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Oscar* McLollie Girl of Mine ST
Buddy Knox Mary Lou ST
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song (Reprise) I'm a Song
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Matt Lucas* Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Joe* Glazer The Farmer is the Man A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Matt Lucas* Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Matt Lucas* I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Till You're Loving Me Again I'm a Song
Joe* Glazer New Democratic Party Train A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Mossy Dream Fear Itself
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...
Albert Jones* Every Little Thing That I Do The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Honky Tonk Angel
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Matt Lucas* Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Priscilla* Rollins Sweet Inspiration Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Matt Lucas* The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Aarons And Ackley* Don't You And I
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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* - 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

Matt Gets Blue

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

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