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
Sidewinders	Time For Loving	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:24
David Amram	Alfred the Hog	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:19
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Green Rye	Ukrainian Pops	03:09
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	We the People	02:52
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Verkhovyna Our Liitle World	Ukrainian Pops	04:23
Matt Lucas*	Herpes Blues	Matt Gets Blue	06:30
Dils*	Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine)	Made In Canada	03:02
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Ursa Major*	Sinner	ST	07:29
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Ellen McIlwaine	Money Can't Save You	Ellen McIlwaine	03:22
Sidewinders	I Like to Dance	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:52
Nelson* Riddle	The Route of the Haidas	British Columbia Suite	03:34
Jonathan Edwards	Sailboat	Sailboat	03:08
Ellen McIlwaine	Up From the Skies	Honky Tonk Angel	03:52
Doc Holiday*	Canadian State of Mind	Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind	03:37
Exponians	Yellow Bird	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:25
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Betrothed Girl	Ukrainian Pops	02:50
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	You're Getting Better	Love Serenade	02:30
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Munition Maker	War War War	04:23
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Jonathan Edwards	People Get Ready	Sailboat	03:02
Ellen McIlwaine	The Letter	Fear Itself	02:10
Aarons And Ackley*	Take Me Home	ST	04:48
David Amram	Old Man and the Children	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:48
Buddy Knox	Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep	ST	02:20
Matt Lucas*	New Orleans Woman	Matt Gets Blue	02:05
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Oscar* McLollie	Buried Alive	ST	04:12
Aarons And Ackley*	Sailor Song	ST	06:42
Zambonis*	To Bleed Black and Gold	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:55
Oscar* McLollie	Help Me Make It Through the Night	ST	03:28
Buddy Knox	Teasable, Pleasable You	ST (mono)	02:19
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Moanin	Shirley Lewis Show Band	05:46
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:55
Jack Holland	The Eyes of a Dreamer	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:24
Jack Holland	There's More to Come	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:30
Buddy Knox	C'mon Baby	ST (mono)	02:05
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Aarons And Ackley*	There Is A Lady	ST	02:21
Buddy Knox	I Ain't Sharin' Sharon	ST (mono)	02:01
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Traditional 'Trojista' Music	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:43
Happy Dolls	Misty Blue	Show Album No. 1	03:43
Zambonis*	Live Intro - Hockey Monkey	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:47
Oscar* McLollie	So Pleasing Loving You	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	02:51
Ursa Major*	Lay Me Down	ST	04:36
Alpha Centauri	Love Only You	ST	04:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Losing You	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:22
Joe* Glazer	A Douglas for Me	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:12
Sidewinders	Can't You Feel the Fire	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:55
Albert Jones*	Mother Nature	The Facts of Life	02:48
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Buddy Knox	Devil Woman	ST	02:07
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Ill Wind	And I Love Her	01:51
Alpha Centauri	Make it at Rock 'n' Roll	ST	02:29
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Lady's Dream	And I Love Her	01:51
Matt Lucas*	Drunkard's Dream	Matt Gets Blue	02:56
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	I Loved a Widow	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:33
Ellen McIlwaine	Can't Find My Way Home	Honky Tonk Angel	03:39
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Livin' the Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	08:45
Cal* Bostic	Somewhere My Love	Introducing...	02:35
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Halya Carries the Water	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:08
Charmaines*	(You Are) Hypnotized	(You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)	02:33
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Ellen McIlwaine	Jimmy Jean	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:59
Priscilla* Rollins	Tell Him that You Love Him	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Mike* Ferro	Soldier In The Rain	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	03:20
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	05:06
Aarons And Ackley*	Lay Me Down	ST	02:47
Aarons And Ackley*	Swanee Song	ST	02:48
Nelson* Riddle	Vancouver Nights	British Columbia Suite	02:09
Aarons And Ackley*	Five O'Clock	You And I	01:01
Ellen McIlwaine	Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love)	We the People	04:26
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Fisherboys	Ukrainian Pops	03:54
David Amram	Song for Kenya	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:16
Aarons And Ackley*	Devil Song	ST	03:00
Happy Dolls	Drum Solo	Show Album No. 1	05:14
Bluebird*	Country Boy Blues	Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost	02:40
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)	We the People	02:25
Happy Dolls	Hello Dolly	Show Album No. 1	01:44
Happy Dolls	Funky Stuff	Show Album No. 1	03:04
Loni Gamble	Circles	ST	06:08
Buddy Knox	Rock-a-Billy Walk	ST	02:15
Ellen McIlwaine	Isn't That So	Ellen McIlwaine	03:55
Jack Holland	Roasalie	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:01
Nelson* Riddle	The Caribou	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
David Amram	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:38
Tommy Makem	Vancouver	Vancouver b/w Better Times	02:45
Sidewinders	Flat Foot Hustlin'	Flatfoot Hustlin'	06:16
Matt Lucas*	Tomcat Blues	Matt Gets Blue	02:39
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	I Want a Girl	Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl	03:04
Ellen McIlwaine	We the People	We the People	03:23
Ellen McIlwaine	Regretting Blues	Everybody Needs It	02:27
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Jack Holland	You Don't Have to Love Me	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:13

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

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* - 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

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