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	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Omar Blondahl	Yellow Rose of Texas	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:01
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Jim Allen	Kitchen Polka	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
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
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
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	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21

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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