Banff Rodeo Records

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
Omar Blondahl Lawrence Whelan Falls in the Brine The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland
Bob King Let's Make a Fair Trade Sing For Laurel Lee
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou San Antonio Rose Pickin' Strings Country Style
Olaf Sveen Marit Rhinelander At Jasper Park Lodge
Jim Allen Paddy the Coon A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou Old Joe Clark Pickin' Strings Country Style
Joe Kozak Country Garden Girl Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee
Jerry Hatton I've Got a New Heartache Sittin' and Thinkin'
Wendell Sharpe Lonesome Whistle The Brightest One in Town
Bob King The All Canadian Boy Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings
Graham Townsend Manitoba Waltz Salutes Canada's Centennial
Jim Allen Back Up and Push A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers My Dying Secret ST
Omar Blondahl The Star of Logy Bay 16 Songs of Newfoundland
Dougie Trineer Frankie & Johnny 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring
Bob King Little Tom 10th Anniversary
Bob King No Parking Here That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here
Jerry Hatton Sittin' and Thinkin' Sittin' and Thinkin'
Bob King Batanio the Pride of the Plains Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story
Westmorland Singers How Gently Sweet Afton At Home With
Bob King If The Things They Say Are True The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True
Dougie Trineer Wildwood Flower 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring
Bob King My Home by the Fraser Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser
Ted Daigle No One Else Teenage Time
Omar Blondahl My Pretty Quadroon Omar's Favorite Folk Songs
Dougie Trineer Guitar Polka 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring
Omar Blondahl Black Friday The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland
Graham Townsend B.C. Centennial Salutes Canada's Centennial
Angus Walker I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again Blue Grass Songs
Donn Reynolds No One Will Ever Know The Wild One and other country favorites
Graham Townsend Québec Reel Salutes Canada's Centennial
Stu Phillips The Horse Trader Visit Old Québec
Bob King Mummy Please Stay Home With Me Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story
Dougie Trineer Chromatic Boogie 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring
Bob King Boy With a Future 10th Anniversary
Shirley Field Talk Back Trembling Lips Two Sides of
Graham Townsend Canadian Centennial Breakdown Salutes Canada's Centennial
Ted Daigle It May be Silly Teenage Time
Mike Graham Manitoulin March Momento of Manitoulin
Donn Reynolds Goodnight God Bless You The Wild One and other country favorites
Westmorland Singers Moments to Remember At Home With
Novatones Mary Lee Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back
Dougie Trineer Guitar Boogie 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou Corina Pickin' Strings Country Style
Reg Hill Waltz Promenade Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2
Reg Hill Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'
Bob King The Little Shirt My Mother Made for Me Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story
Shirley Field He Taught Me To Yodel Two Sides of
Shirley Field Chime Bells Two Sides of
Shirley Field He'd Like to Give Me Everything Two Sides of
Stu Phillips Bill Miner A Visit to British Columbia
Bob King Rose of Old Pawnee Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser
Ted Daigle Cut Across Shorty Teenage Time
Angus Walker I Can, I Will, I Do Believe Bluegrass Special
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou Dakota Reel Pickin' Strings No. 2
Stu Phillips Riverboat Captain A Visit to British Columbia
Bob King No Parking Here Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings
Omar Blondahl My Little Blue Hen 16 Songs of Newfoundland
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou Sugarfoot Rag Pickin' Strings Country Style
Graham Townsend Sir John A MacDonald Waltz Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers
Olaf Sveen Gipsy Princess Polka At Jasper Park Lodge
Wendell Sharpe Sammy Morgan's Gin The Brightest One in Town
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou Black Mountain Rag Pickin' Strings No. 2
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers When You Walked Away ST
Graham Townsend Banks of Newfoundland Salutes Canada's Centennial
Omar Blondahl The Ship that Never Returned The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland
Bob King That's What's On My Mind Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings
Dougie Trineer The Bells of St. Mary's 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring
Stu Phillips The Grand Hotel A Visit to British Columbia
Donn Reynolds Little Miss Blue Eyes The Wild One and other country favorites
Dougie Trineer Country Gentleman 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring
Bob King Once More Sing A Country Song
Omar Blondahl Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland
Omar Blondahl Lukey's Boat 16 Songs of Newfoundland
Bob King The Bluest Man in Town Sing A Country Song
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt) Our Blind Date Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers
Stu Phillips Ernest Cashel Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills
Reg Hill Madawaska River Breakdown Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'
Angus Walker If Teardrops Were Pennies Blue Grass Songs
Stu Phillips The Phantom Priest Visit Old Québec
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Teenage Time
Bob King Road Paved With Heartaches Sing A Country Song
Bob King The French Song Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story
Bob King Give My Love to Rose 10th Anniversary
Reg Hill Wally On The Deer Trail Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'
Graham Townsend Sir John Abbot Waltz Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers
Reg Hill Pembroke Centennial Breakdown Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'
Graham Townsend Alexander MacKenzie March Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers
Bob King The Ballad of the Chapeau Boys (Bob King and Needham) By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story
Reg Hill The Hangman's Waltz Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2
Mike Graham People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya Momento of Manitoulin
Joe Kozak Fraulien Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee
Stu Phillips Moon Over the Rockies A Visit to British Columbia
Dougie Trineer Sugar Foot Rag 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring
Dougie Trineer Dream Queen 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring
Westmorland Singers Vaya Con Dios At Home With
Bob King French Canadian Girl Sing A Country Song
Joe Kozak Moonshy Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee
Dougie Trineer Clarinet Polka 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring
Stu Phillips The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years Visit Old Québec

FEATURED

Reg Hill - Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'

Brockville, Ontario → Avonmore, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Reg Hill - Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2

Brockville, Ontario → Avonmore, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jim Allen - A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen

Wingham, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Donn Reynolds - The Wild One and other country favorites

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

Omar Blondahl - 16 Songs of Newfoundland

Wynyard, Saskatchewan - St. John's, Newfoundland

Bob King - 10th Anniversary

Joyceville, Ontario - Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Shirley Field - Two Sides of

Armstrong, British Columbia → Gwynne, Alberta, 🇨🇦

Graham Townsend - Salutes Canada's Centennial

Toronto, Ontario - Buckingham, Québec

FEATURED

Stu Phillips - Visit Old Québec

St-Eustache, Québec → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦 → Goodlettsville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Stu Phillips - Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills

St-Eustache, Québec → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦 → Goodlettsville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Stu Phillips - A Visit to British Columbia

St-Eustache, Québec → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦 → Goodlettsville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Mike Graham - Momento of Manitoulin

Toronto - London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Omar Blondahl - Omar's Favorite Folk Songs

FEATURED

Joe Kozak - Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee

Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Joe Kozak - Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me

Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Novatones - Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back

Truro, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Joyceville, Ontario - Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Bob King - Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings

Joyceville, Ontario - Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Bob King - Sing A Country Song

Joyceville, Ontario - Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Bob King - Sing For Laurel Lee

Joyceville, Ontario - Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Joyceville, Ontario - Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Joyceville, Ontario - Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Joyceville, Ontario - Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Joyceville, Ontario - Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ted Daigle - Teenage Time

Jacquet River, New Brunswick - Fort William, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Olaf Sveen - At Jasper Park Lodge

Surnadal, Norway - Estevan, Saskatchewan - Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Westmorland Singers - At Home With

Westmorland, New Brunswick, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Dougie Trineer - 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring

Calumet, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Angus Walker - Blue Grass Songs

Port Hastings, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Angus Walker - Bluegrass Special

Port Hastings, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

Donn Reynolds - The Wild One and other country favorites

Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'

Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2

Reg Hill Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2 (1)

Reg Hill

Reg Hill - Ottawa Valley Fiddlin' Side 2

Reg Hill - Ottawa Valley Fiddlin' Side 1

A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen

Donn Reynolds - The Wild One BACK

Donn Reynolds

Donn Reynolds - The Wild One and Other Country Favourites

Donn Reynolds - The Wild One and Other Country Favourites

Fred Dixon & the Friday Afternoon - ST BACK

16 Songs of Newfoundland

Omar Blondahl - 16 Songs of Newfoundland BACK

Bob King 10th Anniversary BACK

10th Anniversary

Bob King - Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story Side 2

Bob King - Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story Side 1

Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story

Shirley Field - Two Sides of BACK

Two Sides of

Graham Townsend - Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers BACK

Graham Townsend - Salutes Canada's Centennial BACK

Graham Townsend - Salutes Canada's Centennial

Van den Bergh, Bev Marie

Field, Shirley

Visit Old Québec

Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills

A Visit to British Columbia

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