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
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine All to You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Priscilla* Rollins Sweet Inspiration Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Albert Jones* Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Matt* Lucas I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Aarons And Ackley* N.F.S. You And I
Jack Holland You Don't Have to Love Me The Eyes of a Dreamer
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
Cal* Bostic Let It Be Me Introducing...
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Albert Jones* She Lost Her Faith The Facts of Life
Aarons And Ackley* Sailor Song ST
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Hutsal Ksenia Ukrainian Pops
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Boat is Rocking Ukrainian Pops
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Nelson* Riddle Vancouver Nights British Columbia Suite
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Green Power Love Serenade
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Jonathan Edwards Never Together Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Time After Time And I Love Her
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Oscar* McLollie Like to Live the Love ST
Cal* Bostic The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic) Introducing...

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

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - Skareggae

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

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

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT BACK

You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Shirley Lewis Show Band

Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*

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