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 Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Matt* Lucas The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Nelson* Riddle The Route of the Haidas British Columbia Suite
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Ellen McIlwaine Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart? Ellen McIlwaine
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
David Amram Little Momma Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Jonathan Edwards Never Together Sailboat
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
David Amram Deep South Evening Light Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Matt* Lucas Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Albert Jones* She Lost Her Faith The Facts of Life
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Dils* Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine) Made In Canada
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Zambonis* Mind Like a Playgroup To Bleed Black and Gold
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Buddy Knox C'mon Baby ST (mono)
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Honky Tonk Angel
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Matt* Lucas Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Honky Tonk Angel
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Nelson* Riddle Peace River British Columbia Suite
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Zambonis* Leave Your Stink at the Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song I'm a Song
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (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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