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 It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Zambonis* Cool Shots (Theme Song) To Bleed Black and Gold
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Cal* Bostic Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle) Introducing...
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Matt* Lucas New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Loni Gamble Dance to it ST
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Joe* Glazer The Farmer is the Man A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Aarons And Ackley* There Is A Lady ST
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Matt* Lucas Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Boat is Rocking Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Jonathan Edwards Carolina Caroline Sailboat
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Oscar* McLollie Like to Live the Love ST
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Mossy Dream Fear Itself
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
David Amram Little Momma Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Matt* Lucas Massage Parlour Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Matt* Lucas Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Nelson* Riddle The Route of the Haidas British Columbia Suite
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Matt* Lucas Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Till You're Loving Me Again I'm a Song
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Joe* Glazer We are Building a New Party A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Aarons And Ackley* Don't You And I
Matt* Lucas Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life

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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