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
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
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
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
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
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Stu Phillips	When the Ice Worms Nest Again	A Visit to British Columbia	02:34
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Omar Blondahl	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Donn Reynolds	Rovin' Gambler	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:15
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Mike Graham	White Birches	Momento of Manitoulin	02:32
Omar Blondahl	Lawrence Whelan Falls in the Brine	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:59
Bob King	Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:17
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:02
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51

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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