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
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Boat is Rocking Ukrainian Pops
David Amram Little Momma Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Matt Lucas* I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Oscar* McLollie Girl of Mine ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song I'm a Song
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Albert Jones* I Feel So Good The Facts of Life
Matt Lucas* Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Matt Lucas* The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Honky Tonk Woman Love Serenade
Matt Lucas* The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Aarons And Ackley* There Is A Lady ST
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Matt Lucas* Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Zambonis* Leave Your Stink at the Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Cal* Bostic Georgie Girl Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Joe* Glazer The Farmer is the Man A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST

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

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

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)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

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