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
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Loni Gamble Dance to it ST
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Albert Jones* Every Little Thing That I Do The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Honky Tonk Angel
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Jonathan Edwards Never Together Sailboat
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* I Loved a Widow Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Albert Jones* Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
Matt* Lucas Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Green Power Love Serenade
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Dils* Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine) Made In Canada
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie) ST
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Jonathan Edwards Evangelina Sailboat
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Jonathan Edwards Carolina Caroline Sailboat
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Matt* Lucas The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Zambonis* Helmet (instrumental) To Bleed Black and Gold
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Ursa Major* Liberty and Justice ST
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Matt* Lucas Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Amist the Black Eyes
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
David Amram Deep South Evening Light Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Cal* Bostic That's All Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Ernie* Smith Take Your Time To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Till You're Loving Me Again I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart? Ellen McIlwaine

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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