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
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
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
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Stu Phillips	When the Ice Worms Nest Again	A Visit to British Columbia	02:34
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:38
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:18
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Donn Reynolds	Rovin' Gambler	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:15
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Bob King	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Graham Townsend	Saskatchewan Jig	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:49
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
Bob King	When the Work's All Done This Fall	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:39
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	03:54
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

Graham Townsend - Salutes Canada's Centennial

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Shirley Field - Two Sides of

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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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Bob King - 10th Anniversary

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

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Wendell Sharpe - The Brightest One in Town

Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers - ST

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Omar Blondahl - The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland

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Omar Blondahl - 16 Songs of Newfoundland

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