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
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Omar Blondahl	When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
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	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Mike Graham	White Birches	Momento of Manitoulin	02:32
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
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	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

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

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

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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

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

Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers - ST

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