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
Happy Dolls	Sweet Gypsy Rose	Show Album No. 1	02:32
Ellen McIlwaine	Cure My Blues	Everybody Needs It	04:14
Charmaines*	(You Are) Hypnotized	(You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)	02:33
Alpha Centauri	Make it at Rock 'n' Roll	ST	02:29
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Show and Tell	Love Serenade	03:22
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Boat is Rocking	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
Ellen McIlwaine	Bow'd Up	Fear Itself	01:40
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Joe* Glazer	We Shall Not Be Moved	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:04
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Call	War War War	02:36
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Good Time Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	03:10
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Lady's Dream	And I Love Her	01:51
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	We the People	03:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Lazarus	Fear Itself	05:46
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	I See Your Face Before Me	And I Love Her	02:15
Buddy Knox	Hula Love	ST (mono)	02:20
Nelson* Riddle	Moving Ahead	British Columbia Suite	02:41
Happy Dolls	Misty Blue	Show Album No. 1	03:43
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Buddy Knox	Mary Lou	ST	02:20
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	I Loved a Widow	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:33
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Man From Athabaska	War War War	06:29
Happy Dolls	Shake Your Booty	Show Album No. 1	02:57
Ellen McIlwaine	The Letter	Fear Itself	02:10
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	We the People	03:54
Zambonis*	To Bleed Black and Gold	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:55
Ellen McIlwaine	Regretting Blues	Everybody Needs It	02:27
Ellen McIlwaine	Billy Gene	Fear Itself	03:05
David Amram	Song for Kenya	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:16
Ellen McIlwaine	Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune	We the People	02:25
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко	Ukrainian Pops	03:34
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Devil Woman	I'm a Song	03:37
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Forward	War War War	04:42
Ursa Major*	Liberty and Justice	ST	05:52
Buddy Knox	Hula Love	ST	02:15
Country Mcdonald Joe*	War Widow	War War War	02:04
Dils*	Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge)	Made In Canada	02:37
Zambonis*	To Bleed Black and Gold (demo)	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:53
Buddy Knox	Don't Make Me Cry	ST	02:20
Ellen McIlwaine	The Last Good Man in My Life	Ellen McIlwaine	03:25
Nelson* Riddle	Victoria	British Columbia Suite	02:26
Aarons And Ackley*	L.A.	You And I	02:44
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Livin' the Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	08:45
Matt Lucas*	The Old Man	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	02:29
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Honky Tonk Angel	04:55
Oscar* McLollie	Like to Live the Love	ST	03:23
Ursa Major*	Back to the Land	ST	06:46
Dils*	Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine)	Made In Canada	03:02
Aarons And Ackley*	Could Have Had Anything	You And I	02:19
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Cossack Beyond the Danube	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Nelson* Riddle	Vancouver Nights	British Columbia Suite	02:09
Ellen McIlwaine	Lover's Lane	Ellen McIlwaine	03:02
Mike* Ferro	Bridges	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	04:51
Zambonis*	Haunted Hockey Rink	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:09
Ellen McIlwaine	Hang On to a Dream	Everybody Needs It	03:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)	We the People	02:25
Zambonis*	Let's Go Whalers	To Bleed Black and Gold	00:30
Ellen McIlwaine	Come Sit Down and Tell Me	Everybody Needs It	02:44
Zambonis*	Helmet (instrumental)	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:10
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Mike* Ferro	Soldier In The Rain	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	03:20
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Am I Blue	And I Love Her	04:25
Buddy Knox	I Ain't Sharin' Sharon	ST (mono)	02:01
Jack Holland	The Time Or the Place	The Eyes of a Dreamer	01:46
Aarons And Ackley*	Truly	You And I	01:52
Jonathan Edwards	Evangelina	Sailboat	03:45
Zambonis*	The Hockey Song	Playoff Fever	02:25
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Alpha Centauri	Love is a Curse	ST	06:19
Nelson* Riddle	The Okanagan	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Matt Lucas*	The Nuthouse	Matt Gets Blue	02:30
Matt Lucas*	New Orleans Woman	Matt Gets Blue	02:05
Aarons And Ackley*	Bonnie Blue	You And I	02:20
Tommy Makem	Vancouver	Vancouver b/w Better Times	02:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	05:06
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Betrothed Girl	Ukrainian Pops	02:50
Alpha Centauri	One Night at a Time	ST	03:41
Buddy Knox	Swingin' Daddy	ST (mono)	01:50
Buddy Knox	Rock House	ST	01:53
Dils*	Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit)	Made In Canada	03:26
Matt Lucas*	Tomcat Blues	Matt Gets Blue	02:39
Joe* Glazer	New Democratic Party Train	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:58
Oscar* McLollie	As Long As You Care at All	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	03:42
Oscar* McLollie	Girl of Mine	ST	03:13
Ellen McIlwaine	Losing You	Honky Tonk Angel	02:22
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	It Only Takes a Moment	And I Love Her	02:08
Matt Lucas*	Vibrator Blues	Matt Gets Blue	04:10
Aarons And Ackley*	Oh What a Good Time	You And I	02:50
Matt Lucas*	Herpes Blues	Matt Gets Blue	06:30
David Amram	Pull My Daisy	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:18
Aarons And Ackley*	You And I	You And I	03:23
Tony McManus	Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:49
Cal* Bostic	Excessive Love (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:33
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:52
Nelson* Riddle	Valley of the Swans	British Columbia Suite	04:07
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:55
Aarons And Ackley*	Don't	You And I	02:05
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Honky Tonk Woman	Love Serenade	03:30
Loni Gamble	In love for the First Time	ST	03:40
Happy Dolls	Bombie	Show Album No. 1	04:06

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

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* - 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

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