Banff Rodeo Records

Despite its western-sounding name, Banff Rodeo Records was not founded in the Rockies but emerged from Eastern Canada as part of Rodeo Records Ltd.—a label established in Montreal in 1949 by Don Johnson and George Taylor. The company relocated to Halifax in 1956, where it opened a recording studio, and later moved operations to Peterborough, Ontario, in 1969.

Launched as a sub-label in 1953, Banff became known for its broad and eclectic catalogue, featuring everything from country and cowboy songs to maritime folk, East Coast fiddle tunes, and regional Canadiana. Often sold in souvenir shops and department stores, Banff records documented the voices and sounds of everyday Canadians—capturing the spirit of both rural and coastal communities from coast to coast. This room preserves the legacy of Banff Rodeo Records, a truly national imprint in Canada’s musical history.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:02
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Angus Walker	Eatin' Outa Your Hand	Bluegrass Special	01:52
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Bob King	On the Banks of the Old Ponchartrain	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:38
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Reg Hill	The Kiddy Car Reel	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:22
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Reg Hill	Pembroke Centennial Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:36
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Omar Blondahl	Yellow Rose of Texas	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:01
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Omar Blondahl	Lawrence Whelan Falls in the Brine	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:59
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

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Reg Hill - Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'

Reg Hill - Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2

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Jim Allen - A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen

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Donn Reynolds - The Wild One and other country favorites

Omar Blondahl - 16 Songs of Newfoundland

Bob King - 10th Anniversary

Shirley Field - Two Sides of

Graham Townsend - Salutes Canada's Centennial

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Stu Phillips - Visit Old Québec

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Stu Phillips - Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills

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Stu Phillips - A Visit to British Columbia

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Mike Graham - Momento of Manitoulin

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Omar Blondahl - Omar's Favorite Folk Songs

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Joe Kozak - Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee

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Joe Kozak - Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me

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Novatones - Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back

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Bob King - By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story

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Bob King - Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings

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Bob King - Sing A Country Song

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Bob King - Sing For Laurel Lee

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Bob King - Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story

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Bob King - That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here

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Bob King - Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser

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Bob King - The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True

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Ted Daigle - Teenage Time

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Olaf Sveen - At Jasper Park Lodge

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Westmorland Singers - At Home With

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Dougie Trineer - 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring

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Angus Walker - Blue Grass Songs

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Angus Walker - Bluegrass Special

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