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
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Priscilla* Rollins Sweet Inspiration Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Twins War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Country Mcdonald Joe* War Widow War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)
Loni Gamble Dance to it ST
Jonathan Edwards Weapon of Prayer Sailboat
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune We the People
Albert Jones* Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Nelson* Riddle The Route of the Haidas British Columbia Suite
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Matt* Lucas Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Aarons And Ackley* N.F.S. You And I
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
Zambonis* Helmet (instrumental) To Bleed Black and Gold
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song (Reprise) I'm a Song
Jonathan Edwards Carolina Caroline Sailboat
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...
Matt* Lucas The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Maple Sugar Two Step Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Boat is Rocking Ukrainian Pops
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Mike* Ferro Bridges Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel

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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