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
Albert Jones* She Lost Her Faith The Facts of Life
Nelson* Riddle Peace River British Columbia Suite
Ursa Major* Liberty and Justice ST
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Cal* Bostic Let Me Love You Introducing...
Jonathan Edwards Evangelina Sailboat
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Zambonis* Mind Like a Playgroup To Bleed Black and Gold
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Till You're Loving Me Again I'm a Song
Aarons And Ackley* Sailor Song ST
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Aarons And Ackley* N.F.S. You And I
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Honky Tonk Angel
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Matt* Lucas The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Maple Sugar Two Step Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Matt* Lucas Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
Priscilla* Rollins Sweet Inspiration Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra It Only Takes a Moment And I Love Her
Loni Gamble Dance to it ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* I Loved a Widow Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine All to You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ernie* Smith Take Your Time To Behold Jah
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Cal* Bostic Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle) Introducing...
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1

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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