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
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18
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
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Angus Walker	Eatin' Outa Your Hand	Bluegrass Special	01:52
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
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
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Donn Reynolds	Out of Step	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	01:44
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Omar Blondahl	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
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
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Bob King	The Little Shirt My Mother Made for Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:38
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Reg Hill	The Kiddy Car Reel	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:22
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
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	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42

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

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

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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

FEATURED

Angus Walker - Blue Grass Songs

FEATURED

Angus Walker - Bluegrass Special

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