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
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Honky Tonk Woman Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Aarons And Ackley* There Is A Lady ST
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
The Revelaires* Cab Driver Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Matt Lucas* Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
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
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Jonathan Edwards Carolina Caroline Sailboat
Oscar* McLollie Girl of Mine ST
Nelson* Riddle Peace River British Columbia Suite
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Maple Sugar Two Step Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Matt Lucas* New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Matt Lucas* Massage Parlour Blues Matt Gets Blue
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Hutsal Ksenia Ukrainian Pops
Mike* Ferro Bridges Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Cal* Bostic The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
The Revelaires* She Wears My Ring You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Buddy Knox Mary Lou ST
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Cal* Bostic That's All Introducing...
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST

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)

Comments

No Comments