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
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Cal* Bostic Longing for You (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
The Revelaires* Cab Driver Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Hutsal Ksenia Ukrainian Pops
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Matt Lucas* The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
The Revelaires* You're So Wrong You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Buddy Knox C'mon Baby ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Matt Lucas* Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Matt Lucas* Massage Parlour Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Jonathan Edwards Evangelina Sailboat
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Matt Lucas* The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
David Amram Little Momma Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Matt Lucas* The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Cal* Bostic That's All Introducing...
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Oscar* McLollie Girl of Mine ST
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Nelson* Riddle Peace River British Columbia Suite
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
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
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Mike* Ferro Bridges Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

FEATURED

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

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

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)

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