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 Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
David Amram Your Smile On My Mind Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Matt Lucas* Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Matt Lucas* The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Green Power Love Serenade
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Matt Lucas* New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Honky Tonk Angel
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Hutsal Ksenia Ukrainian Pops
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Honky Tonk Angel
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Matt Lucas* The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Loni Gamble Circles ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Priscilla* Rollins Sweet Inspiration Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Mike* Ferro Bridges Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Ernie* Smith Money Can't Buy Life Skareggae
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Matt Lucas* I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

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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