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	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Reg Hill	Uncle John McDermid's Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:06
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Reg Hill	The Kiddy Car Reel	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:22
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
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
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Reg Hill	Dancing Waters Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:48
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
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	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
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	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38

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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