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 Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Leonard Meehan	The Song of the Anchor Watch, Brave Captain William Jackman	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:55
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
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	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Jim Allen	Kitchen Polka	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Angus Walker	Eatin' Outa Your Hand	Bluegrass Special	01:52
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
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
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:24
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Stu Phillips	When the Ice Worms Nest Again	A Visit to British Columbia	02:34
Reg Hill	Puffin' On The Ole Cigar	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:54
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23

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

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

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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