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)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
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
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
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
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
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
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Omar Blondahl	Yellow Rose of Texas	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:01
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42

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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