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
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Donn Reynolds	Out of Step	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:18
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Bob King	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:13
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	03:54
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:02
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
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	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	03:28
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:20
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
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

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Omar Blondahl - 16 Songs of Newfoundland

Wynyard, Saskatchewan - St. John's, Newfoundland

Bob King - 10th Anniversary

Joyceville, Ontario - Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Shirley Field - Two Sides of

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

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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Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt) - Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers

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Wendell Sharpe - The Brightest One in Town

Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers - ST

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Omar Blondahl - The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland

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