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
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
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	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Omar Blondahl	Yellow Rose of Texas	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:01
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Reg Hill	The Kiddy Car Reel	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:22
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Omar Blondahl	When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
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
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Mike Graham	White Birches	Momento of Manitoulin	02:32
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
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	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Donn Reynolds	Out of Step	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Jim Allen	Kitchen Polka	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

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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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