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
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Cal* Bostic Let It Be Me Introducing...
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Oscar* McLollie Like to Live the Love ST
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Mossy Dream Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Maple Sugar Two Step Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Matt Lucas* Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Joe* Glazer New Democratic Party Train A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ernie* Smith Take Your Time To Behold Jah
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Ernie* Smith Money Can't Buy Life Skareggae
Buddy Knox Mary Lou ST
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Matt Lucas* Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Matt Lucas* The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* I Loved a Widow Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Albert Jones* She Lost Her Faith The Facts of Life
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
The Revelaires* You're So Wrong You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

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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