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
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Dils* Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine) Made In Canada
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Buddy Knox Mary Lou ST
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song I'm a Song
Zambonis* Leave Your Stink at the Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Albert Jones* Every Little Thing That I Do The Facts of Life
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Honky Tonk Angel
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Ellen McIlwaine Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart? Ellen McIlwaine
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Jack Holland You Don't Have to Love Me The Eyes of a Dreamer
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
Matt* Lucas New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Buddy Knox C'mon Baby ST (mono)
Albert Jones* Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Matt* Lucas Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Zambonis* Mind Like a Playgroup To Bleed Black and Gold
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
David Amram Deep South Evening Light Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Matt* Lucas Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae

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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