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William Henry "Chick" Webb (February 10, 1905 – June 16, 1939) [1] was an American jazz and swing music drummer and band leader. [2] Early life.
He recorded with Jelly Roll Morton at the age of 20, [1] and played with bands led by Benny Carter, Chick Webb (1929–30), Fletcher Henderson (spring of 1931 to 1934), Tiny Bradshaw, Teddy Hill, King Oliver, and Willie Bryant. [1] Fletcher Henderson's band dissolved in 1934.
Chick Webb and His Band with Bardu Ali (vocalist and MC) Taft Jordan, trumpeter, was in the band Staging by Addison Carey (likely a pseudonym; 1899–1952) Cotton Club Boys Stars included Charles Linton, Teddy McRae, Charlie Ray, Kitty Aublanche; Pete, Peaches and Duke - precision dancers Gary Lambert "Pete" Nugent (1909–1973)
On his deathbed, William Henry “Chick” Webb asked his friend and physician, Dr. Ralph J. Young, to carry out the dream he wouldn’t live to see: Raise money for a recreation center for Black ...
502 Chick Webb 1929–34; 503 Count Basie 1936–38; 504 Count Basie 1938–39; 505 Jimmie Lunceford 1934–35; 506 Ella Fitzgerald 1937–38; 507 Art Tatum 1932–34; 508 Teddy Wilson 1934–35; 509 Louis Armstrong 1934–36; 510 Jimmie Lunceford 1935–37; 511 Teddy Wilson 1935–36; 512 Louis Armstrong 1936–37; 513 Count Basie 1939; 514 ...
It was used as the band's theme song until the band broke up, after which Sampson joined Chick Webb's band, taking the song with him. [2] Webb’s recording rose to number ten on the charts in 1934. Famously, on Webb's 1934 version (Columbia 2926) the tenor saxophone hits a wrong note after the introduction, however, Columbia did not cut ...
First recorded by Chick Webb in 1934, it was popularized by Benny Goodman's 1936 recording. [102] Both Webb and Goodman received composer co-credit for the song. [101] It was named after the Savoy Ballroom in New York; the song title is mentioned in a commemorative plaque the ballroom's former place. [102]
His mentors included drummer Chick Webb and pianist Johnny Jones. ... In 1929, Calloway relocated to New York with the band. ... (1934). [26] Lena Horne made her ...