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
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
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
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Bob King	Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:17
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
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

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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