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	Length
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes	Ukrainian Pops	02:31
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	05:06
Ellen McIlwaine	Keep On	Everybody Needs It	03:39
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Ellen McIlwaine	Regretting Blues	Everybody Needs It	02:27
Ursa Major*	Liberty and Justice	ST	05:52
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	You Belong to Me	You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)	05:00
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Hutsal Ksenia	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Good Time Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	03:10
Happy Dolls	Drum Solo	Show Album No. 1	05:14
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Street Girl	Love Serenade	03:17
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Presque Isle Eighth	Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth	03:09
Nelson* Riddle	Government House	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Nelson* Riddle	Vancouver Nights	British Columbia Suite	02:09
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Green Power	Love Serenade	02:31
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Traditional 'Trojista' Music	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:43
Ursa Major*	Lay Me Down	ST	04:36
Joe* Glazer	It Could be a Wonderful World	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:53
Dils*	Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit)	Made In Canada	03:26
Aarons And Ackley*	Sleeping Gypsy	ST	03:56
Ellen McIlwaine	I Don't Want to Play	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:20
Happy Dolls	Shake Your Booty	Show Album No. 1	02:57
Ellen McIlwaine	Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love)	We the People	04:26
Nelson* Riddle	Victoria	British Columbia Suite	02:26
Cal* Bostic	Somewhere My Love	Introducing...	02:35
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Ellen McIlwaine	Say a Single Word	Everybody Needs It	03:49
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко	Ukrainian Pops	03:34
Country Mcdonald Joe*	War Widow	War War War	02:04
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:38
Exponians	The Look of Love	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:05
Matt* Lucas	Men's Liberation	Matt Gets Blue	01:54
Aarons And Ackley*	Truly	You And I	01:52
Oscar* McLollie	Girl of Mine	ST	03:13
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Time After Time	And I Love Her	03:12
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Albert Jones*	Thank Goodness	The Facts of Life	02:24
Loni Gamble	Could it be Love	ST	07:05
Loni Gamble	It's You	ST	05:43
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Happy Dolls	Bombie	Show Album No. 1	04:06
Buddy Knox	Hula Love	ST (mono)	02:20
Nelson* Riddle	The Caribou	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Zambonis*	The Greatest Season	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:22
Zambonis*	Haunted Hockey Rink	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:09
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Jonathan Edwards	Never Together	Sailboat	02:09
Albert Jones*	She Lost Her Faith	The Facts of Life	03:47
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Tony McManus	The Maids of Mitchelstown	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	02:53
Tony McManus	Donal Og - The Lea Rig	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:03
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Reapers Harvest	Ukrainian Pops	03:04
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Buddy Knox	Hula Love	ST	02:15
Buddy Knox	Rock-a-Billy Walk	ST	02:15
Sidewinders	I Like to Dance	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:52
Exponians	Wicked Woman	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:56
Doc Holiday*	Canadian State of Mind	Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind	03:37
Zambonis*	To Bleed Black and Gold (demo)	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:53
Mike* Ferro	Bridges	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	04:51
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Buddy Knox	Mary Lou	ST	02:20
Buddy Knox	I Ain't Sharin' Sharon	ST (mono)	02:01
Cal* Bostic	Georgie Girl	Introducing...	01:56
Ursa Major*	Silverspoon	ST	06:16
Buddy Knox	Long Lonely Nights	ST (mono)	01:42
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Grandpa Tell Me One More Story	I'm a Song	04:39
Oscar* McLollie	She's a Child	Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child	03:02
Cal* Bostic	May I	Introducing...	02:34
Alpha Centauri	Hard Life	ST	06:00
Oscar* McLollie	Like to Live the Love	ST	03:23
Alpha Centauri	Love Only You	ST	04:05
Albert Jones*	You Stole My Love	The Facts of Life	03:25
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Ellen McIlwaine	Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart?	Ellen McIlwaine	03:57
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Can't Eat	Shirley Lewis Show Band	04:18
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:01
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:55
Cal* Bostic	Longing for You (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	02:45
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	You're Getting Better	Love Serenade	02:30
Buddy Knox	Devil Woman	ST	02:07
Ellen McIlwaine	(I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You	Ellen McIlwaine	02:48
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
David Amram	Pull My Daisy	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:18
Exponians	Yellow Bird	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:25
Nelson* Riddle	The Route of the Haidas	British Columbia Suite	03:34
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Ellen McIlwaine	Nothing Left to be Desired	Everybody Needs It	03:17
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Theme from Canada	Love Serenade	04:20
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Jakiv Came to Visit	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:03
Alpha Centauri	One Night at a Time	ST	03:41
Albert Jones*	You Just Can't Turn Me Loose	The Facts of Life	02:59
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Ellen McIlwaine	Danger Zone	Everybody Needs It	04:18
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Show and Tell	Love Serenade	03:22
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Bukovynian Dance	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:02

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

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