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	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
Bob King	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
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
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Reg Hill	Pembroke Centennial Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:36
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Donn Reynolds	Out of Step	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
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	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
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
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Omar Blondahl	Yellow Rose of Texas	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:01
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
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
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54

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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