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
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
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
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Bob King	I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:14
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Bob King	Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:17
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18
Graham Townsend	Saskatchewan Jig	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:49
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Reg Hill	Pembroke Centennial Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:36
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

FEATURED

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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