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	Length
Oscar* McLollie	She's a Child	Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child	03:02
Buddy Knox	I'm In Love With You	ST	01:46
Dave Gordon & Kay*	I Love That Hockey Team	I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow	03:07
Aarons And Ackley*	Lay Me Down	ST	02:47
Buddy Knox	Rock-a-Billy Walk	ST	02:15
Ellen McIlwaine	Jimmy Jean	We the People	02:56
Oscar* McLollie	Love Will Get You	ST	03:32
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Theme For the Countless	And I Love Her	02:20
Alpha Centauri	One Night at a Time	ST	03:41
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Twins	War War War	01:54
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Theme from Canada	Love Serenade	04:20
Ellen McIlwaine	Pinebo (My Story)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:41
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Cal* Bostic	Longing for You (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	02:45
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Cossack Beyond the Danube	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Till You're Loving Me Again	I'm a Song	03:34
Aarons And Ackley*	N.F.S.	You And I	02:18
Happy Dolls	Funky Stuff	Show Album No. 1	03:04
Dils*	Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge)	Made In Canada	02:37
Zambonis*	Leave Your Stink at the Rink	To Bleed Black and Gold	00:44
Nelson* Riddle	The Okanagan	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Ellen McIlwaine	Can't Find My Way Home	Honky Tonk Angel	03:39
David Amram	Old Man and the Children	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:48
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The March Of The Dead	War War War	06:27
Nelson* Riddle	The Caribou	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Ellen McIlwaine	Up From the Skies	Honky Tonk Angel	03:52
Ellen McIlwaine	Love and Devotion	Ellen McIlwaine	03:51
Matt Lucas*	New Orleans Woman	Matt Gets Blue	02:05
Ursa Major*	Sinner	ST	07:29
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Needs It	Everybody Needs It	03:14
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Sidewinders	Can't You Feel the Fire	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:55
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Devil Woman	I'm a Song	03:37
Country Mcdonald Joe*	War Widow	War War War	02:04
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Honky Tonk Angel	04:01
Matt Lucas*	I'm Movin' On	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	03:05
Ellen McIlwaine	The Letter	Fear Itself	02:10
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Good Time Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	03:10
Exponians	Yellow Bird	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:25
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	I Want a Girl	Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl	03:04
David Amram	Song for Kenya	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:16
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Matt Lucas*	Drunkard's Dream	Matt Gets Blue	02:56
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Handzya	Ukrainian Pops	02:20
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Hutsal Ksenia	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
Buddy Knox	Rock Around the Clock	ST	01:53
David Amram	Alfred the Hog	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:19
David Amram	Little Momma	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:04
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Street Girl	Love Serenade	03:17
Zambonis*	Mind Like a Playgroup	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:36
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	We the People	03:45
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Kolomayka	Ukrainian Pops	02:45
Alpha Centauri	Make it at Rock 'n' Roll	ST	02:29
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:01
Cal* Bostic	Georgie Girl	Introducing...	01:56
Zambonis*	Hockey Marlee	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:19
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Hard Hard Times	Shirley Lewis Show Band	01:31
Ellen McIlwaine	Billy Gene	Fear Itself	03:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:55
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Aarons And Ackley*	Willie Boy	ST	03:02
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Shake a Hand	Amist the Black Eyes	04:18
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Young Fellow, My Lad	War War War	04:49
Zambonis*	Helmet (instrumental)	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:10
Nelson* Riddle	Government House	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Alpha Centauri	Love Only You	ST	04:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Up From the Skies	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:52
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm Gonna Love You Baby	I'm a Song	02:34
Ellen McIlwaine	Ode to Billy Joe	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:13
Buddy Knox	Hula Love	ST	02:15
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	You're My Honey	I'm a Song	02:18
Aarons And Ackley*	Truly	You And I	01:52
Aarons And Ackley*	Bonnie Blue	You And I	02:20
Ellen McIlwaine	Keep On	Everybody Needs It	03:39
Buddy Knox	Teasable, Pleasable You	ST (mono)	02:19
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Cal* Bostic	Somewhere My Love	Introducing...	02:35
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes	Ukrainian Pops	02:31
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Unleash the Horses Boys	Ukrainian Pops	02:00
Oscar* McLollie	As Long As You Care at All	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	03:42
Ellen McIlwaine	Bow'd Up	Fear Itself	01:40
Oscar* McLollie	Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie)	ST	03:02
Matt Lucas*	Leave the Light On Baby	Matt Gets Blue	06:00
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко	Ukrainian Pops	03:34
Matt Lucas*	Vibrator Blues	Matt Gets Blue	04:10
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:38
Buddy Knox	I Ain't Sharin' Sharon	ST (mono)	02:01
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Say a Single Word	Everybody Needs It	03:49
Ellen McIlwaine	We the People	We the People	03:23
Oscar* McLollie	Like to Live the Love	ST	03:23
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Exponians	My Peaceful World	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	05:05
Jack Holland	Waco	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:39
Buddy Knox	Maybelline	ST	01:49

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

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