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
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Omar Blondahl	Yellow Rose of Texas	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:01
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Omar Blondahl	When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Bob King	Rockin' Alone in an Old Rockin' Chair (Bob Miller)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:10
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
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35
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
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
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
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Reg Hill	Puffin' On The Ole Cigar	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:54
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Omar Blondahl	John Hinks	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:36
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
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

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Bob King - Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Westmorland Singers - At Home With

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Dougie Trineer - 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring

FEATURED

Angus Walker - Blue Grass Songs

FEATURED

Angus Walker - Bluegrass Special

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