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
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Till You're Loving Me Again I'm a Song
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Jonathan Edwards Never Together Sailboat
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Nelson* Riddle Vancouver Nights British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
David Amram Your Smile On My Mind Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Ernie* Smith Money Can't Buy Life Skareggae
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine All to You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song I'm a Song
Albert Jones* I Feel So Good The Facts of Life
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Matt Lucas* Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Nelson* Riddle The Route of the Haidas British Columbia Suite
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
David Amram Deep South Evening Light Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Nelson* Riddle Peace River British Columbia Suite
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Matt Lucas* The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Jonathan Edwards People Get Ready Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
The Revelaires* You're So Wrong You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth

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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