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
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Graham Townsend	Saskatchewan Jig	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:49
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Jim Allen	Kitchen Polka	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
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
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
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
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
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
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
Donn Reynolds	Rovin' Gambler	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:15
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	01:44
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Donn Reynolds	Out of Step	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43

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

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

FEATURED

Angus Walker - Bluegrass Special

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