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
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
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
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
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
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Graham Townsend	Saskatchewan Jig	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:49
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Reg Hill	The Kiddy Car Reel	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:22
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
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
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
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
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
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	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:24
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

FEATURED

Reg Hill - Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'

Reg Hill - Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Stu Phillips - Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills

FEATURED

Stu Phillips - A Visit to British Columbia

FEATURED

Mike Graham - Momento of Manitoulin

FEATURED

Omar Blondahl - Omar's Favorite Folk Songs

FEATURED

Joe Kozak - Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee

FEATURED

Joe Kozak - Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me

FEATURED

Novatones - Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back

FEATURED

Bob King - By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story

FEATURED

Bob King - Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings

FEATURED

Bob King - Sing A Country Song

FEATURED

Bob King - Sing For Laurel Lee

FEATURED

Bob King - Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story

FEATURED

Bob King - That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here

FEATURED

Bob King - Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser

FEATURED

Bob King - The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True

FEATURED

Ted Daigle - Teenage Time

FEATURED

Olaf Sveen - At Jasper Park Lodge

FEATURED

Westmorland Singers - At Home With

FEATURED

Dougie Trineer - 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring

FEATURED

Angus Walker - Blue Grass Songs

FEATURED

Angus Walker - Bluegrass Special

Comments