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
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
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
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
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	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Angus Walker	Eatin' Outa Your Hand	Bluegrass Special	01:52
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
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
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
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
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Bob King	Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:17
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
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	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:24
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Omar Blondahl	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13

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

FEATURED

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

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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

FEATURED

Angus Walker - Blue Grass Songs

FEATURED

Angus Walker - Bluegrass Special

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