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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.
It was also recorded by Chick Webb and his Orchestra with vocal by Ella Fitzgerald on February 17, 1939, and released by Decca Records as catalog number 2323, with the B-side, "In the Groove at the Grove". [2]
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 ...
"Rock It for Me" is a song written by twins Kay and Sue Werner, [1] and released as a single in 1938 by Chick Webb and his orchestra, featuring singer Ella Fitzgerald.It reached No. 19 on the US Billboard music chart.
Ella Fitzgerald and Al Feldman (later known as Van Alexander), extended and embellished the rhyme into a jazz piece that was her breakthrough hit with the Chick Webb Orchestra in 1938. It has since become a jazz standard. [3] The lyrics changed the color of the basket to brown and yellow.
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 ...
"Gee, But You're Swell" was adopted by Australian television performer Graham Kennedy as his theme song for In Melbourne Tonight.. The song is used as background music throughout the 1937 Warner Bros. cartoon Porky and Gabby, and the 1938 cartoon Daffy Duck in Hollywood.
Chick Webb and His Orchestra - recorded on May 3, 1938 for Decca Records (catalog No. 1840). [11] Paul Whiteman Swinging Strings - recorded on November 15, 1938 for Decca Records (catalog No. 2223). [12] Frankie Carle and His Orchestra, recorded April 2, 1942 for Columbia Records (catalog No. 36689). [13]