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
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
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
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:02
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Omar Blondahl	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Bob King	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	03:28
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Bob King	On the Banks of the Old Ponchartrain	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:38
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:39
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
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
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Omar Blondahl	When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
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

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

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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

Graham Townsend - Salutes Canada's Centennial

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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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