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
Matt Lucas*	Vibrator Blues	Matt Gets Blue	04:10
Albert Jones*	You and Your Love	The Facts of Life	03:22
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Ellen McIlwaine	All to You	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:45
Ursa Major*	Stage Door Queen	ST	05:25
Buddy Knox	Somebody Touched Me	ST (mono)	02:16
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Exponians	My Peaceful World	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	05:05
Zambonis*	The Hockey Song	Playoff Fever	02:25
Loni Gamble	It's You	ST	05:43
Nelson* Riddle	Valley of the Swans	British Columbia Suite	04:07
Happy Dolls	Pick Up the Pieces	Show Album No. 1	03:59
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	I Want a Girl	Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl	03:04
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула	Ukrainian Pops	02:41
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Time After Time	And I Love Her	03:12
Ellen McIlwaine	Nothing Left to be Desired	Everybody Needs It	03:17
Happy Dolls	Misty Blue	Show Album No. 1	03:43
Ellen McIlwaine	(I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You	Ellen McIlwaine	02:48
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Aarons And Ackley*	Swanee Song	ST	02:48
Albert Jones*	You Stole My Love	The Facts of Life	03:25
Ellen McIlwaine	I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song)	Everybody Needs It	02:55
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
David Amram	Little Momma	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:04
Aarons And Ackley*	You And I	You And I	03:23
Nelson* Riddle	Moving Ahead	British Columbia Suite	02:41
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm a Song	I'm a Song	04:24
Matt Lucas*	Men's Liberation	Matt Gets Blue	01:54
Albert Jones*	She Lost Her Faith	The Facts of Life	03:47
Alpha Centauri	Love Only You	ST	04:05
Zambonis*	Boom Boom Boom	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:07
Buddy Knox	Swingin' Daddy	ST (mono)	01:50
Aarons And Ackley*	Five O'Clock	You And I	01:01
Aarons And Ackley*	Oh What a Good Time	You And I	02:50
Jack Holland	There's More to Come	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:30
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	You're Getting Better	Love Serenade	02:30
Cal* Bostic	Somewhere My Love	Introducing...	02:35
Jack Holland	I'll Pick Her Up	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:41
David Amram	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:38
Matt Lucas*	Massage Parlour Blues	Matt Gets Blue	03:53
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Presque Isle Eighth	Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth	03:09
Dils*	Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine)	Made In Canada	03:02
Buddy Knox	Rock-a-Billy Walk	ST	02:15
Ernie* Smith	Take Your Time	To Behold Jah	03:22
Cal* Bostic	May I	Introducing...	02:34
Ellen McIlwaine	We Got Each Other	Ellen McIlwaine	03:48
Ellen McIlwaine	Bow'd Up	Fear Itself	01:40
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Honky Tonk Angel	04:01
Tony McManus	Chalaneru	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:23
Ellen McIlwaine	Ode to Billie Joe	Honky Tonk Angel	04:13
Jonathan Edwards	Blow On Chilly Wind	Sailboat	03:17
Buddy Knox	Party Doll	ST	02:08
Buddy Knox	I'm In Love With You	ST	01:46
Dils*	Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge)	Made In Canada	02:37
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Street Girl	Love Serenade	03:17
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Boat is Rocking	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
Happy Dolls	Hello Dolly	Show Album No. 1	01:44
Charmaines*	(You Are) Hypnotized	(You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)	02:33
Ellen McIlwaine	Up From the Skies	Honky Tonk Angel	03:52
Ellen McIlwaine	Pinebo (My Story)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:41
Buddy Knox	Teasable, Pleasable You	ST (mono)	02:19
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Aarons And Ackley*	Don't	You And I	02:05
Jack Holland	The Eyes of a Dreamer	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:24
Aarons And Ackley*	There Is A Lady	ST	02:21
Ellen McIlwaine	Danger Zone	Everybody Needs It	04:18
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Hopak	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:13
David Amram	Deep South Evening Light	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:22
Aarons And Ackley*	Take Me Home	ST	04:48
Ellen McIlwaine	Lover's Lane	Ellen McIlwaine	03:02
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	(There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World	Love Serenade	03:02
Yukon*	Genius	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	01:59
Ellen McIlwaine	The Letter	Fear Itself	02:10
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Tony McManus	Donal Og - The Lea Rig	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:03
Mike* Ferro	Soldier In The Rain	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	03:20
Priscilla* Rollins	Tell Him that You Love Him	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Ellen McIlwaine	Jimmy Jean	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:59
Aarons And Ackley*	Truly	You And I	01:52
Cal* Bostic	Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle)	Introducing...	02:41
Happy Dolls	Funky Stuff	Show Album No. 1	03:04
Aarons And Ackley*	Almost Five O'Clock	You And I	00:10
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Honky Tonk Angel	05:06
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Love Serenade	Love Serenade	06:55
Oscar* McLollie	For the Good Times	ST	04:20
Ellen McIlwaine	Crawling Kingsnake	Fear Itself	03:20
Buddy Knox	Mary Lou	ST	02:20
Albert Jones*	That's the Way You Lost My Love	The Facts of Life	03:56
Nelson* Riddle	The Okanagan	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:01
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Green Rye	Ukrainian Pops	03:09
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Joe* Glazer	Solidarity Forever	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:02
Cal* Bostic	The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:08
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Till You're Loving Me Again	I'm a Song	03:34
Ellen McIlwaine	For Suki	Fear Itself	02:47
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Amist the Black Eyes	05:25

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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