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
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Priscilla* Rollins Sweet Inspiration Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine All to You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Matt Lucas* The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Amist the Black Eyes
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Aarons And Ackley* Don't You And I
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Jonathan Edwards Weapon of Prayer Sailboat
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Albert Jones* Every Little Thing That I Do The Facts of Life
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Cal* Bostic Let It Be Me Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Dils* Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine) Made In Canada
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Matt Lucas* Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Honky Tonk Woman Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Aarons And Ackley* Swanee Song ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Ursa Major* Liberty and Justice ST
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Holland You Don't Have to Love Me The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Boat is Rocking Ukrainian Pops
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Ernie* Smith Take Your Time To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Honky Tonk Angel
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Aarons And Ackley* N.F.S. You And I
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Albert Jones* I Feel So Good The Facts of Life

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

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

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)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

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