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	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Reg Hill	The Kiddy Car Reel	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:22
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
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
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	01:44
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Omar Blondahl	John Hinks	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:36
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
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
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
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
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42

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

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

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

FEATURED

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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