[1] This total has been surpassed only by Strathclyde Police, Shotts and Dykehead, and Field Marshal Montgomery pipe bands who held the title twenty-one, fifteen, and thirteen times respectively, and equalled by the Clan MacRae Society Pipe Band which also won eight times.
[2][3] Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band was founded in 1928, and started competing in 1932.
[9] Jim Hutton was leading drummer when the band won the World Championships in 1961.
[12][13] The City of Victoria Pipe Band in British Columbia was founded by James Troy on the model of Muirhead and Sons and Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia.
[14][13] The band made several recordings, and has also appeared in later compilation albums.