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
Priscilla* Rollins	Tell Him that You Love Him	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Polissian Polka 'Mazury'	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:10
Buddy Knox	Storm Clouds	ST (mono)	02:02
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Jack Holland	Sylvia	The Eyes of a Dreamer	03:18
Zambonis*	To Bleed Black and Gold (demo)	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:53
Loni Gamble	In love for the First Time	ST	03:40
Sidewinders	Can't You Feel the Fire	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:55
Ellen McIlwaine	Pinebo (My Story)	Honky Tonk Angel	02:41
Ellen McIlwaine	We Got Each Other	Ellen McIlwaine	03:48
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Yukon*	Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	05:28
Albert Jones*	She Lost Her Faith	The Facts of Life	03:47
Sidewinders	Flat Foot Hustlin'	Flatfoot Hustlin'	06:16
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Happy Dolls	Funky Stuff	Show Album No. 1	03:04
Buddy Knox	Devil Woman	ST	02:07
Aarons And Ackley*	Don't	You And I	02:05
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Honky Tonk Angel	02:38
Ellen McIlwaine	Crawling Kingsnake	Fear Itself	03:20
David Amram	Deep South Evening Light	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:22
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:52
Jonathan Edwards	Weapon of Prayer	Sailboat	03:27
Buddy Knox	I Ain't Sharin' Sharon	ST (mono)	02:01
Ellen McIlwaine	Danger Zone	Everybody Needs It	04:18
Loni Gamble	Nightime Kind of Love	ST	06:53
David Amram	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:38
Jack Holland	The Eyes of a Dreamer	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:24
Matt Lucas*	Leave the Light On Baby	Matt Gets Blue	06:00
Aarons And Ackley*	You And I	You And I	03:23
Jack Holland	Waco	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:39
Ellen McIlwaine	The Letter	Fear Itself	02:10
Ellen McIlwaine	Come Sit Down and Tell Me	Everybody Needs It	02:44
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Two Little Oaks On a Mountain	Ukrainian Pops	01:29
Ursa Major*	Sinner	ST	07:29
Nelson* Riddle	The Route of the Haidas	British Columbia Suite	03:34
Jonathan Edwards	Let the Rough Side Drag	Sailboat	03:00
Aarons And Ackley*	Five O'Clock	You And I	01:01
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Ill Wind	And I Love Her	01:51
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Till You're Loving Me Again	I'm a Song	03:34
Mike* Ferro	Soldier In The Rain	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	03:20
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Hopak	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:13
Zambonis*	Helmet (instrumental)	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:10
Exponians	My Peaceful World	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	05:05
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Hard Days Night	And I Love Her	02:33
Jack Holland	You Can't Make a Dancer	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:51
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Like Some One In Love	And I Love Her	03:05
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Cossack Beyond the Danube	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Jonathan Edwards	Evangelina	Sailboat	03:45
Tony McManus	Chalaneru	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:23
Cal* Bostic	The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:08
Oscar* McLollie	As Long As You Care at All	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	03:42
Albert Jones*	That's the Way You Lost My Love	The Facts of Life	03:56
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:45
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко	Ukrainian Pops	03:34
Nelson* Riddle	Peace River	British Columbia Suite	02:47
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Handzya	Ukrainian Pops	02:20
Sidewinders	I Like to Dance	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:52
Nelson* Riddle	Valley of the Swans	British Columbia Suite	04:07
Jonathan Edwards	Girl from the Canyon	Sailboat	02:37
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Betrothed Girl	Ukrainian Pops	02:50
Albert Jones*	You Just Can't Turn Me Loose	The Facts of Life	02:59
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Street Girl	Love Serenade	03:17
David Amram	The Mountain Song	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:15
Ellen McIlwaine	Keep On	Everybody Needs It	03:39
Cal* Bostic	Let It Be Me	Introducing...	02:44
Alpha Centauri	Love is a Curse	ST	06:19
Oscar* McLollie	For the Good Times	ST	04:20
Happy Dolls	Shake Your Booty	Show Album No. 1	02:57
Ellen McIlwaine	Losing You	Honky Tonk Angel	02:22
Mike* Ferro	Bridges	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	04:51
Ellen McIlwaine	I Don't Want to Play	We the People	03:20
Oscar* McLollie	She's a Child	Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child	03:02
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Wedding March	Ukrainian Pops	04:09
Ellen McIlwaine	All to You	We the People	03:06
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Unleash the Horses Boys	Ukrainian Pops	02:00
Bluebird*	Country Boy Blues	Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost	02:40
Albert Jones*	You and Your Love	The Facts of Life	03:22
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Nelson* Riddle	Butchart Gardens	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Sidewinders	Time For Loving	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:24
Ellen McIlwaine	Toe Hold	Honky Tonk Angel	04:32
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	And I Love Her	And I Love Her	02:22
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Hard Hard Times	Shirley Lewis Show Band	01:31
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Green Power	Love Serenade	02:31
Ellen McIlwaine	Pinebo (My Story)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:41
Matt Lucas*	Drunkard's Dream	Matt Gets Blue	02:56
Exponians	Yellow Bird	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	05:06
Buddy Knox	Hula Love	ST (mono)	02:20
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Zambonis*	Leave Your Stink at the Rink	To Bleed Black and Gold	00:44
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Twins	War War War	01:54
David Amram	Song for Kenya	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:16
Ellen McIlwaine	Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart?	Ellen McIlwaine	03:57
Jack Holland	There's More to Come	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:30
Tommy Makem	Vancouver	Vancouver b/w Better Times	02:45

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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