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
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Cal* Bostic That's All Introducing...
Joe* Glazer The Farmer is the Man A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Honky Tonk Angel
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Ernie* Smith Money Can't Buy Life Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Jack Holland You Don't Have to Love Me The Eyes of a Dreamer
Cal* Bostic Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle) Introducing...
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie) ST
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Jonathan Edwards Never Together Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song I'm a Song
Country Mcdonald Joe* The March Of The Dead War War War
Matt Lucas* New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Matt Lucas* The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
The Revelaires* She Wears My Ring You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Zambonis* Helmet (instrumental) To Bleed Black and Gold
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Jonathan Edwards Weapon of Prayer Sailboat
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Albert Jones* I Feel So Good The Facts of Life
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Nelson* Riddle Peace River British Columbia Suite
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Maple Sugar Two Step Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
The Revelaires* You're So Wrong You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Matt Lucas* The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade

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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