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label	Chick Webb
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name	Chick Webb
gender	Male
dbo:genre	jazz
dbo:associatedMusicalArtist	Ella_Fitzgerald Johnny_Hodges Sidney_Bechet Van_Alexander
subject	African-American musicians Deaths from tuberculosis 1939 deaths 1905 births 20th-century American musicians »more»
abstract	American jazz drummer and bandleader. Prominent drummers such as Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, & George Wettling hailed Chick Webb as the best and most influencial of all the Big Band drummers. He earned money for his first set of drums at age 11 working as a newsboy. By the early 1920s he was playing drums on excursion boats in Baltimore Harbor. He moved to New York where he freelanced. He played with and became lifelong friends with Duke Ellington . Webb formed his first small band in 1926. Slowly gaining momentum, in 1935 he hired the shy and unsure teen-aged Ella Fitzgerald. Now headlining at The Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, Chick Webb was no longer an also ran to the likes of Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, or Cab Calloway. In 1938. now with Van Alexander as his primary arranger, Webb and Ella became national stars with the million seller %22A-Tisket, A-Tasket%22. His final recording was on April 21, 1939.Also known as Little Chick, Webb had suffered from ill health from birth. His spine was malformed. Peers note that he rarely complained, was %22an uncommonly nice man to work with%22, he %22hardly ever became upset when things went wrong%22, & that he was %22very unselfish%22. Ella Fitzgerald's legal guardian, Chick Webb passed away June 16, 1939 at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore with his wife Sally Hart Webb at his side. b. February 10, 1909 (Baltimore, MD, USA)d. June 16, 1939 (Baltimore, MD, USA)
dbo:abstract	William Henry Webb, often known as Chick Webb (February 10, 1905 – June 16, 1939) was an American jazz and swing music drummer as well as a band leader.
schema:alternateName	Webb Chick C Webb C. Webb C.Webb »more»
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schema:birthDate	1905-02-10
schema:deathDate	1939-06-16
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is mo:performer of	Top Hat, White Tie And Tails Russian Lullaby Goody, Goody Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong:Isn't This A Lovely Day? Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong:Moonlight In Vermont »more»

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