Jack Armstrong

About the artist

Jack Armstrong (May 16, 1904 – September 6, 1978) was a performer on the Northumbrian smallpipes. Born in Wideopen, North Tyneside, five miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne, in 1904. He and his father, both coal miners, worked at Dinnington colliery, but Jack managed to get a job as a chauffeur shortly after World War I. In 1926 Jack married, and he was living at Skipton in North Yorkshire when he taught himself to play the pipes. His style, influenced by his father's playing

Top songs

  1. The Redesdale Hornpipe
  2. Chevy Chase / The Cott
  3. Maggie's Foot
  4. The Lads of Alnwick
  5. The Fair Flower of Northumberland
  6. Peter Baillie's Pig
  7. The Jenny Bell Polka
  8. Money Musk
  9. Happy Holidays Intro (The Holiday Season)
  10. Maa Bonny Lad
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  1. Lewis Proudlock's Hornpipe
  2. Wild Hills O' Wannies
  3. Corn Rigs
  4. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
  5. Bonny at Morn / Billy Boy / The Earl of Derwentwater's Farewell
  6. Whittingham Green Lane / Ward's Brae
  7. Silver Bells
  8. Holly Jolly Christmas
  9. Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
  10. Jingle Bells
  11. White Christmas
  12. Rothbury Hills/Whittingham Green Lane/The Cott/Border Fray
  13. It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
  14. The Keel Row
  15. I'll Be Home For Christmas
  16. Keel Row
  17. Chevy Chase; The Cott
  18. Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus
  19. Silent Night
  20. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
  21. T'Was The Night Before Christmas
  22. The Christmas Song
  23. Ward's Brae
  24. Billy Boy / The Earl Of Derwentwater's Farewell
  25. Redesdale hornpipe
  26. Happy Holidays Outro (Reprise)
  27. Wild Hills O'wannies
  28. Clash Royale - All Arena Sounds
  29. Lewis Proudlock's Hornipie
  30. Corn Riggs
  31. fjord
  32. Rothbury Hills / Whittingham Green Lane / The Cott / Border Fray
  33. Whittingham Green Lane/Ward's Brae
  34. Chevy Chase, The Cott
  35. Border fray
  36. Chevy Chase / The Cott - Jack Armstrong
  37. Lithuanian Out Loud 0289 Beg – Egzaminas Exam
  38. Rothbury Hills
  39. Leaving Ardtornish
  40. Green hills of Tyrol
  41. Bobbie Shaftoe
  42. Northumbria: Chevy Chase; The Cott
  43. The crooked bawbee
  44. Lewis Proudlock's Hornpipe / Maggie's Foot / The Jenny Bell Polka
  45. My home
  46. Billy Boy/The Earl Of Derwentwater's Farewell
  47. Bonny at Morn
  48. By Loch Etive's Side / The High Road To Gareloch
  49. The Land of Going to Be
  50. Fair Flower of Northumberland
  51. I am that is(eagle)
  52. our woods
  53. High Road To Gareloch
  54. The ballad of John Armstrong
  55. The Redesdale Hornpile (Northumbrian small pipes)
  56. The gentle maiden
  57. Come over the stream
  58. Chevy Chase - The Cott
  59. Loch Duich
  60. Duncan Macrae Of Kintail's Lament
  61. The Burning Sands Of Egypt
  62. Rothbury Hills/Whittingham Green Lane/The...
  63. Chevy Chase/The Cott
  64. Lithuanian Out Loud 0270 - Dirbu Darbo Dienomis I Work On Weekdays
  65. My Lodging Is on the Cold, Cold, Ground
  66. Peter Bailies's Pig
  67. 1±the Redesdale Hornpipe
  68. Lads of Alnwick / Johnnie Armstrong
  69. Clash Royale - All Card Sound Effects
  70. Lares
  71. Cheviot Chase
  72. Rothbury Hills / Whittingham Green Lane / The Cott / Border Fray (medley)
  73. Swanee River Variations
  74. Sweeterman
  75. Maa Bonny Lad (With Isla Cameron Vocal)
  76. I am that is
  77. Allegro Burlesco, opus 88, nr. 3
  78. My Bonnie Lad
  79. jack armstrong pipe_1#01
  80. All In My Head - Nadia Ali & PANG! (Original)
  81. Clash Royale - All Wild Card Sounds
  82. Bonnie Annie / The Duke Of Roxburgh's / Farewell To Blackmount
  83. The Manchester Hornpipe / Maggie Dickie's / The De'il Among The Tailors / The Reel O' Tulloch / The Wind That Shakes The Barley Bagpipes of Britain and Ireland
  84. Leaving Ardtornish / Port Askaig
  85. The De'il's I' The Kitchen/London Society
  86. Look Up
  87. make a rustle
  88. Clever Devil
  89. Jack Armstrong AirCheck Sun. June 16/68
  90. Commercials

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