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
Dils* Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine) Made In Canada
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Honky Tonk Woman Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Jonathan Edwards Never Together Sailboat
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song (Reprise) I'm a Song
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Matt* Lucas Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra It Only Takes a Moment And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Honky Tonk Angel
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Albert Jones* I Feel So Good The Facts of Life
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Country Mcdonald Joe* War Widow War War War
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Jonathan Edwards Evangelina Sailboat
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Aarons And Ackley* N.F.S. You And I

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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