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
Matt Lucas* Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Zambonis* Cool Shots (Theme Song) To Bleed Black and Gold
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Loni Gamble Dance to it ST
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Buddy Knox C'mon Baby ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Matt Lucas* The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Twins War War War
Matt Lucas* New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Cal* Bostic That's All Introducing...
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Joe* Glazer We are Building a New Party A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
David Amram Deep South Evening Light Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Joe* Glazer The Farmer is the Man A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Matt Lucas* I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Albert Jones* Every Little Thing That I Do The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
David Amram Your Smile On My Mind Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Nelson* Riddle Vancouver Nights British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Cal* Bostic The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* There Is A Lady ST
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War

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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