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
Albert Jones*	Mother Nature	The Facts of Life	02:48
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Handzya	Ukrainian Pops	02:20
Zambonis*	The Greatest Season	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:22
Joe* Glazer	The Farmer is the Man	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:51
Aarons And Ackley*	Five O'Clock	You And I	01:01
Buddy Knox	Rock House	ST	01:53
Ellen McIlwaine	Lover's Lane	Ellen McIlwaine	03:02
Ursa Major*	Sinner	ST	07:29
Ellen McIlwaine	Crawling Kingsnake	Fear Itself	03:20
Cal* Bostic	There You Are	Introducing...	02:59
Ellen McIlwaine	Born Under a Bad Sign	Fear Itself	03:33
Ellen McIlwaine	Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:26
Zambonis*	To Bleed Black and Gold	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:55
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Hutsal Ksenia	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
Tony McManus	Donal Og - The Lea Rig	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:03
Buddy Knox	Don't Make Me Cry	ST	02:20
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Boots	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:36
Yukon*	Genius	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	01:59
Buddy Knox	Mary Lou	ST	02:20
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Street Girl	Love Serenade	03:17
Ellen McIlwaine	You May be All I Need	Ellen McIlwaine	04:04
Ursa Major*	Back to the Land	ST	06:46
Ellen McIlwaine	All to You	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:05
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Late Night Movies	I'm a Song	03:17
Jonathan Edwards	Carolina Caroline	Sailboat	03:13
Happy Dolls	Pick Up the Pieces	Show Album No. 1	03:59
Buddy Knox	Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep	ST	02:20
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Man From Athabaska	War War War	06:29
Ellen McIlwaine	Say a Single Word	Everybody Needs It	03:49
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Aarons And Ackley*	Swanee Song	ST	02:48
Cal* Bostic	Excessive Love (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:33
Jack Holland	Roasalie	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:01
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Ellen McIlwaine	Hang On to a Dream	Everybody Needs It	03:45
Albert Jones*	Hussle Disco	The Facts of Life	02:52
Oscar* McLollie	As Long As You Care at All	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	03:42
Alpha Centauri	Love is a Curse	ST	06:19
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Theme For the Countless	And I Love Her	02:20
David Amram	Little Momma	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:04
Zambonis*	Boom Boom Boom	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:07
Ellen McIlwaine	Come Sit Down and Tell Me	Everybody Needs It	02:44
Nelson* Riddle	The Caribou	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Oscar* McLollie	Buried Alive	ST	04:12
Oscar* McLollie	She's a Child	Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child	03:02
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Like Some One In Love	And I Love Her	03:05
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm a Song	I'm a Song	04:24
Jack Holland	There's More to Come	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:30
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Honky Tonk Angel	05:06
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко	Ukrainian Pops	03:34
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Shake a Hand	Amist the Black Eyes	04:18
Exponians	Yellow Bird	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:25
Albert Jones*	You Just Can't Turn Me Loose	The Facts of Life	02:59
Ellen McIlwaine	Keep On	Everybody Needs It	03:39
Ellen McIlwaine	Mossy Dream	Fear Itself	02:49
Exponians	The Look of Love	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:05
Ellen McIlwaine	I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song)	Everybody Needs It	02:55
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Green Rye	Ukrainian Pops	03:09
Ellen McIlwaine	Cure My Blues	Everybody Needs It	04:14
Ellen McIlwaine	We Got Each Other	Ellen McIlwaine	03:48
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:45
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Ellen McIlwaine	Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune	We the People	02:25
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Yukon*	Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	05:28
Matt Lucas*	New Orleans Woman	Matt Gets Blue	02:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:54
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Honky Tonk Angel	02:38
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:38
Zambonis*	Mind Like a Playgroup	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:36
Jonathan Edwards	How About You	Sailboat	03:28
Oscar* McLollie	Love Will Get You	ST	03:32
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Bohemian	I'm a Song	04:14
Matt Lucas*	Men's Liberation	Matt Gets Blue	01:54
Ellen McIlwaine	Pinebo (My Story)	Honky Tonk Angel	02:41
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	We the People	03:45
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Two Little Oaks On a Mountain	Ukrainian Pops	01:29
Oscar* McLollie	Girl of Mine	ST	03:13
Matt Lucas*	The Last Song	Matt Gets Blue	03:25
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Joe* Glazer	New Democratic Party Train	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:58
Loni Gamble	It's You	ST	05:43
David Amram	Song for Kenya	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:16
Ellen McIlwaine	For Suki	Fear Itself	02:47
Ellen McIlwaine	Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart?	Ellen McIlwaine	03:57
The Revelaires*	Cab Driver	Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver	03:06
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	You Belong to Me	You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)	05:00
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Traditional 'Trojista' Music	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:43
Joe* Glazer	We Shall Not Be Moved	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:04
Albert Jones*	She Lost Her Faith	The Facts of Life	03:47
Nelson* Riddle	Moving Ahead	British Columbia Suite	02:41
Matt Lucas*	The Nuthouse	Matt Gets Blue	02:30
Ellen McIlwaine	I Don't Want to Play	We the People	03:20
Buddy Knox	Long Lonely Nights	ST (mono)	01:42
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	(There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World	Love Serenade	03:02
Happy Dolls	Bombie	Show Album No. 1	04:06
Zambonis*	Haunted Hockey Rink	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:09
The Revelaires*	You're So Wrong	You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring	02:47

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

FEATURED

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

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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

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Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

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Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

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Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

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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)

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

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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

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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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