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	Out of Step	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:24
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
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
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	01:44
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Bob King	I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:14
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56

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

FEATURED

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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