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	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Bob King	Rockin' Alone in an Old Rockin' Chair (Bob Miller)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:10
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Donn Reynolds	Out of Step	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Bob King	Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:17
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
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
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Omar Blondahl	Lawrence Whelan Falls in the Brine	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:59
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15

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

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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

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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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