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
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Cal* Bostic Georgie Girl Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
Nelson* Riddle Peace River British Columbia Suite
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
David Amram Little Momma Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Buddy Knox Mary Lou ST
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Cal* Bostic Let It Be Me Introducing...
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Oscar* McLollie Like to Live the Love ST
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Country Mcdonald Joe* War Widow War War War
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Dils* Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine) Made In Canada
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Cal* Bostic Let Me Love You Introducing...
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Aarons And Ackley* N.F.S. You And I
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Matt* Lucas Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Cal* Bostic That's All Introducing...
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Albert Jones* Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
Albert Jones* Every Little Thing That I Do The Facts of Life
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

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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