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
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
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
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Bob King	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Donn Reynolds	Out of Step	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Stu Phillips	When the Ice Worms Nest Again	A Visit to British Columbia	02:34
Reg Hill	Pembroke Centennial Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:36
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
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
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Omar Blondahl	John Hinks	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:36

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

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

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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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