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
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Bob King	Memories of You (Souvenir de toi) (Bob King) vocals Marie King	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:30
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Angus Walker	Eatin' Outa Your Hand	Bluegrass Special	01:52
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Reg Hill	The Kiddy Car Reel	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:22
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32

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

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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

FEATURED

Angus Walker - Blue Grass Songs

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Angus Walker - Bluegrass Special

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