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 Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Twins War War War
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song (Reprise) I'm a Song
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Albert Jones* I Feel So Good The Facts of Life
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Matt* Lucas The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Aarons And Ackley* Swanee Song ST
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Zambonis* Leave Your Stink at the Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Loni Gamble Dance to it ST
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Matt* Lucas New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Boat is Rocking Ukrainian Pops
Matt* Lucas The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Nelson* Riddle The Route of the Haidas British Columbia Suite
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Oscar* McLollie Girl of Mine ST
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart? Ellen McIlwaine
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Matt* Lucas Massage Parlour Blues Matt Gets Blue
Zambonis* Helmet (instrumental) To Bleed Black and Gold
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Matt* Lucas Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Matt* Lucas Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Time After Time And I Love Her
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Cal* Bostic Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle) Introducing...
Ernie* Smith Take Your Time To Behold Jah
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada

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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