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
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Country Mcdonald Joe* War Widow War War War
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
Matt Lucas* The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Ernie* Smith Take Your Time To Behold Jah
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Honky Tonk Angel
Cal* Bostic Georgie Girl Introducing...
Cal* Bostic The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Matt Lucas* The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Matt Lucas* Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Matt Lucas* Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Green Power Love Serenade
Matt Lucas* Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
Aarons And Ackley* Swanee Song ST
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Matt Lucas* The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Mossy Dream Fear Itself
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby 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
David Amram Deep South Evening Light Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Matt Lucas* I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
David Amram Your Smile On My Mind Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae

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

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

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)

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

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