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
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
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
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Reg Hill	Dancing Waters Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:48
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
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
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39

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

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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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