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
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Reg Hill	Puffin' On The Ole Cigar	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:54
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Leonard Meehan	The Song of the Anchor Watch, Brave Captain William Jackman	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:55
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Bob King	When the Work's All Done This Fall	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:39
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
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	01:44
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Omar Blondahl	Lawrence Whelan Falls in the Brine	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:59
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
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
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Mike Graham	White Birches	Momento of Manitoulin	02:32
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	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
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56

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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