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
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Matt Lucas* Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Aarons And Ackley* Swanee Song ST
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Time After Time And I Love Her
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Jonathan Edwards People Get Ready Sailboat
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Loni Gamble Circles ST
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Cal* Bostic That's All Introducing...
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Matt Lucas* I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
Matt Lucas* The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Albert Jones* I Feel So Good The Facts of Life
Matt Lucas* Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Matt Lucas* The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Oscar* McLollie Girl of Mine ST
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Matt Lucas* The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Jonathan Edwards Carolina Caroline Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

FEATURED

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

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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* - 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

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

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)

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