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
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	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
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
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
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
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	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
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	If The Things They Say Are True	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
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
Bob King	The Little Shirt My Mother Made for Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:38
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	01:44
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
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
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Reg Hill	The Kiddy Car Reel	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:22
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18

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

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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

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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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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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