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
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:38
Ellen McIlwaine	Pinebo (My Story)	Honky Tonk Angel	02:41
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Jakiv Came to Visit	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:03
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Halya Carries the Water	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:08
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Take Twenty	Love Serenade	02:10
Ellen McIlwaine	Toe Hold	Honky Tonk Angel	04:32
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Time After Time	And I Love Her	03:12
Aarons And Ackley*	There Is A Lady	ST	02:21
Happy Dolls	Funky Stuff	Show Album No. 1	03:04
Joe* Glazer	The Farmer is the Man	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:51
Loni Gamble	Nightime Kind of Love	ST	06:53
Exponians	My Peaceful World	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	05:05
Alpha Centauri	Love is a Curse	ST	06:19
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Jack Holland	There's More to Come	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:30
Jack Holland	You Don't Have to Love Me	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:13
Ellen McIlwaine	Hang On to a Dream	Everybody Needs It	03:45
Aarons And Ackley*	Annalee	ST	02:38
Happy Dolls	Sweet Gypsy Rose	Show Album No. 1	02:32
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
David Amram	Deep South Evening Light	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:22
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Show and Tell	Love Serenade	03:22
Jonathan Edwards	Never Together	Sailboat	02:09
Ellen McIlwaine	I Don't Want to Play	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:20
Nelson* Riddle	Barkerville	British Columbia Suite	02:22
Matt Lucas*	The Old Man	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	02:29
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна	Ukrainian Pops	03:02
Matt Lucas*	The Peepin' Tom	Matt Gets Blue	03:21
Mike* Ferro	Bridges	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	04:51
Ursa Major*	In My Darkest Hour	ST	05:28
Ellen McIlwaine	You May be All I Need	Ellen McIlwaine	04:04
Priscilla* Rollins	Let the Good Times Roll	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:28
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Unleash the Horses Boys	Ukrainian Pops	02:00
Albert Jones*	You Stole My Love	The Facts of Life	03:25
Buddy Knox	Devil Woman	ST	02:07
Cal* Bostic	There You Are	Introducing...	02:59
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Moanin	Shirley Lewis Show Band	05:46
Aarons And Ackley*	Oh What a Good Time	You And I	02:50
Ellen McIlwaine	Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Joe* Glazer	This Land is Your Land	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:29
Nelson* Riddle	The Route of the Haidas	British Columbia Suite	03:34
Nelson* Riddle	The Caribou	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Albert Jones*	You and Your Love	The Facts of Life	03:22
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Green Rye	Ukrainian Pops	03:09
Zambonis*	To Bleed Black and Gold (demo)	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:53
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:52
Jonathan Edwards	How About You	Sailboat	03:28
Aarons And Ackley*	Bonnie Blue	You And I	02:20
Ursa Major*	Back to the Land	ST	06:46
Ellen McIlwaine	Can't Find My Way Home	Honky Tonk Angel	03:39
Albert Jones*	That's the Way You Lost My Love	The Facts of Life	03:56
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Halya Несе Галя Воду	Ukrainian Pops	01:56
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Cal* Bostic	Longing for You (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	02:45
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	I Want a Girl	Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl	03:04
Sidewinders	I Like Your Stuff	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:49
Mike* Ferro	Soldier In The Rain	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	03:20
Cal* Bostic	That's All	Introducing...	02:31
Zambonis*	Mind Like a Playgroup	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:36
Zambonis*	Haunted Hockey Rink	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:09
Charmaines*	The One For Me	(You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)	02:15
Ellen McIlwaine	Born Under a Bad Sign	Fear Itself	03:33
Cal* Bostic	Let Me Love You	Introducing...	03:03
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Cossack Beyond the Danube	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Buddy Knox	Don't Make Me Cry	ST	02:20
Oscar* McLollie	She's a Child	Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child	03:02
Joe* Glazer	We Shall Not Be Moved	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:04
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	King of the Cops	I'm a Song	03:06
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Jean Desprez	War War War	09:50
Buddy Knox	Long Lonely Nights	ST (mono)	01:42
Albert Jones*	Mother Nature	The Facts of Life	02:48
Joe* Glazer	We are Building a New Party	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:43
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Zambonis*	To Bleed Black and Gold	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:55
Nelson* Riddle	Moving Ahead	British Columbia Suite	02:41
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Street Girl	Love Serenade	03:17
Ellen McIlwaine	Isn't That So	Ellen McIlwaine	03:55
Albert Jones*	You Just Can't Turn Me Loose	The Facts of Life	02:59
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Call	War War War	02:36
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Hutsal Ksenia	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	I See Your Face Before Me	And I Love Her	02:15
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	We the People	03:54
Buddy Knox	That's Why I Cry	ST (mono)	02:00
Ellen McIlwaine	Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart?	Ellen McIlwaine	03:57
Buddy Knox	Somebody Touched Me	ST (mono)	02:16
David Amram	The Mountain Song	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:15
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Loni Gamble	Dance to it	ST	06:33
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Honky Tonk Angel	04:01
Loni Gamble	Circles	ST	06:08
Sidewinders	Flat Foot Hustlin'	Flatfoot Hustlin'	06:16
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Theme For the Countless	And I Love Her	02:20
Matt Lucas*	Massage Parlour Blues	Matt Gets Blue	03:53
Albert Jones*	She Lost Her Faith	The Facts of Life	03:47
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Aarons And Ackley*	Devil Song	ST	03:00
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Devil Woman	I'm a Song	03:37
Albert Jones*	I Feel So Good	The Facts of Life	03:13

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

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Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

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Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

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Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

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Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

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Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

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Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

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Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

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Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

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Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

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Aarons And Ackley* - ST

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Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

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Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

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Oscar* McLollie - ST

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Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

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Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

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Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

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Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

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Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

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Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

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Dils* - Made In Canada

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Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

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