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
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Zambonis* Mind Like a Playgroup To Bleed Black and Gold
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
David Amram Your Smile On My Mind Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Honky Tonk Angel
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Zambonis* Cool Shots (Theme Song) To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune We the People
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Matt* Lucas Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song (Reprise) I'm a Song
Matt* Lucas The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Jonathan Edwards Weapon of Prayer Sailboat
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Matt* Lucas Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Cal* Bostic Georgie Girl Introducing...
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Jonathan Edwards Never Together Sailboat
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Nelson* Riddle Peace River British Columbia Suite
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Dils* Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine) Made In Canada
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops

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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