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
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:24
Bob King	The Ballad of the Chapeau Boys (Bob King and Needham)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:06
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Bob King	Memories of You (Souvenir de toi) (Bob King) vocals Marie King	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:30
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
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
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Jim Allen	Kitchen Polka	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Stu Phillips	When the Ice Worms Nest Again	A Visit to British Columbia	02:34
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Omar Blondahl	Yellow Rose of Texas	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:01
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Bob King	The Little Shirt My Mother Made for Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:38
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42

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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