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
Albert Jones*	I Feel So Good	The Facts of Life	03:13
Buddy Knox	Somebody Touched Me	ST (mono)	02:16
Nelson* Riddle	Peace River	British Columbia Suite	02:47
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	(There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World	Love Serenade	03:02
Happy Dolls	Sweet Gypsy Rose	Show Album No. 1	02:32
Ellen McIlwaine	Come Sit Down and Tell Me	Everybody Needs It	02:44
Matt Lucas*	The Last Song	Matt Gets Blue	03:25
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Boat is Rocking	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
Ellen McIlwaine	Billy Gene	Fear Itself	03:05
Ursa Major*	Silverspoon	ST	06:16
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Just a Few Words	I'm a Song	03:10
Buddy Knox	Mary Lou	ST	02:20
Nelson* Riddle	Moving Ahead	British Columbia Suite	02:41
Ellen McIlwaine	Bow'd Up	Fear Itself	01:40
Ellen McIlwaine	Jimmy Jean	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:59
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Shake a Hand	Amist the Black Eyes	04:18
Aarons And Ackley*	Could Have Had Anything	You And I	02:19
Albert Jones*	Hussle Disco	The Facts of Life	02:52
Ellen McIlwaine	Lazarus	Fear Itself	05:46
Nelson* Riddle	The Caribou	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Reapers Harvest	Ukrainian Pops	03:04
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Loni Gamble	Could it be Love	ST	07:05
Ellen McIlwaine	We the People	We the People	03:23
Albert Jones*	You Just Can't Turn Me Loose	The Facts of Life	02:59
Zambonis*	Let's Go Whalers	To Bleed Black and Gold	00:30
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Respect	You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)	02:50
Oscar* McLollie	Like to Live the Love	ST	03:23
Ellen McIlwaine	We The People	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:23
Yukon*	Genius	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	01:59
Ellen McIlwaine	In My Time of Dying	Fear Itself	08:48
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Love Serenade	Love Serenade	06:55
Ellen McIlwaine	Nothing Left to be Desired	Everybody Needs It	03:17
Ellen McIlwaine	Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love)	We the People	04:26
Ellen McIlwaine	All to You	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:05
Oscar* McLollie	Help Me Make It Through the Night	ST	03:28
Jack Holland	Waco	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:39
Ellen McIlwaine	Born Under a Bad Sign	Fear Itself	03:33
Aarons And Ackley*	Truly	You And I	01:52
Nelson* Riddle	Vancouver Nights	British Columbia Suite	02:09
Mike* Ferro	Bridges	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	04:51
Eddie* Murray	Montreal, Canada Blues	Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance	03:34
Aarons And Ackley*	N.F.S.	You And I	02:18
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Presque Isle Eighth	Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth	03:09
The Revelaires*	Great Pretender	Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver	02:37
Priscilla* Rollins	Let the Good Times Roll	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:28
Buddy Knox	I Ain't Sharin' Sharon	ST (mono)	02:01
Buddy Knox	That's Why I Cry	ST (mono)	02:00
Ellen McIlwaine	I Don't Want to Play	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:20
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула	Ukrainian Pops	02:41
Zambonis*	The Hockey Song	Playoff Fever	02:25
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Munition Maker	War War War	04:23
Ellen McIlwaine	You May be All I Need	Ellen McIlwaine	04:04
Loni Gamble	It's You	ST	05:43
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	We the People	03:54
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Ellen McIlwaine	Can't Find My Way Home	Honky Tonk Angel	03:39
Albert Jones*	Thank Goodness	The Facts of Life	02:24
Ellen McIlwaine	The Letter	Fear Itself	02:10
Tommy Makem	Vancouver	Vancouver b/w Better Times	02:45
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Matt Lucas*	New Orleans Woman	Matt Gets Blue	02:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Say a Single Word	Everybody Needs It	03:49
Nelson* Riddle	Garibaldi Mountain	British Columbia Suite	05:13
Ellen McIlwaine	Up From the Skies	Honky Tonk Angel	03:52
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Buddy Knox	Party Doll	ST	02:08
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	We the People	03:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Regretting Blues	Everybody Needs It	02:27
Ellen McIlwaine	I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song)	Everybody Needs It	02:55
Aarons And Ackley*	Sailor Song	ST	06:42
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)	We the People	02:25
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Good Time Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	03:10
Matt Lucas*	Drunkard's Dream	Matt Gets Blue	02:56
Sidewinders	Gift to the Sun	Flatfoot Hustlin'	06:09
David Amram	The Mountain Song	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:15
Cal* Bostic	Excessive Love (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:33
Alpha Centauri	I'm a Rebel	ST	03:37
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The March Of The Dead	War War War	06:27
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:01
Matt Lucas*	Leave the Light On Baby	Matt Gets Blue	06:00
Jonathan Edwards	Never Together	Sailboat	02:09
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Aarons And Ackley*	Annalee	ST	02:38
Happy Dolls	Bombie	Show Album No. 1	04:06
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Fisherboys	Ukrainian Pops	03:54
Ellen McIlwaine	Can't Find My Way Home	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:39
David Amram	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:38
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Jack Holland	You Can't Make a Dancer	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:51
Ursa Major*	Lay Me Down	ST	04:36
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Jack Holland	I'll Pick Her Up	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:41
Happy Dolls	Hello Dolly	Show Album No. 1	01:44
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Kolomayka	Ukrainian Pops	02:45
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:38
Mike* Ferro	Soldier In The Rain	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	03:20
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Traditional 'Trojista' Music	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:43

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

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The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

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The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

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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

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