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
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Omar Blondahl	Yellow Rose of Texas	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:01
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Reg Hill	Puffin' On The Ole Cigar	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:54
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Omar Blondahl	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
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
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
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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