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
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Matt* Lucas Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ernie* Smith Take Your Time To Behold Jah
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
David Amram Your Smile On My Mind Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Jonathan Edwards Evangelina Sailboat
David Amram Little Momma Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Cal* Bostic Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle) Introducing...
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Zambonis* Leave Your Stink at the Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Zambonis* Mind Like a Playgroup To Bleed Black and Gold
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Matt* Lucas Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Jonathan Edwards Weapon of Prayer Sailboat
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Mike* Ferro Bridges Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Joe* Glazer We are Building a New Party A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Matt* Lucas I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Zambonis* Cool Shots (Theme Song) To Bleed Black and Gold
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Ernie* Smith Money Can't Buy Life Skareggae
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Ursa Major* Liberty and Justice ST
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Loni Gamble Dance to it ST
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It

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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