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
Bob King	I've Been Down That Road Before (Hank Wiliams)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:09
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:38
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
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
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:24
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:08
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:12
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Mike Graham	White Birches	Momento of Manitoulin	02:32
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Donn Reynolds	Out of Step	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:18
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Angus Walker	Eatin' Outa Your Hand	Bluegrass Special	01:52
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Omar Blondahl	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22

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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

FEATURED

Bob King - By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story

FEATURED

Bob King - Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings

FEATURED

Bob King - Sing A Country Song

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Wendell Sharpe - The Brightest One in Town

Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers - ST

FEATURED

Omar Blondahl - The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland

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