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	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
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
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
Stu Phillips	When the Ice Worms Nest Again	A Visit to British Columbia	02:34
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
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
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
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
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
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
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Omar Blondahl	Lawrence Whelan Falls in the Brine	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:59
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:02
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Angus Walker	Eatin' Outa Your Hand	Bluegrass Special	01:52
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Donn Reynolds	Out of Step	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

FEATURED

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

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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

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

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Wendell Sharpe - The Brightest One in Town

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