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	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	01:44
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
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
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
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
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
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
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Jim Allen	Kitchen Polka	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

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

FEATURED

Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt) - Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers

FEATURED

Wendell Sharpe - The Brightest One in Town

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