Chick Webb Biography, Photos and Posters

Chick Webb

Biography

Born: February 10, 1905?
City and Country of Origin: Baltimore, Maryland
Music Training: drum lessons from drummer Tommy Benford
Awards:
Top Recordings: "A-Tisket, A-Tasket"
Chick Webb Biography: William Henry Webb was born in Baltimore, Maryland to William H. and Marie Johnson Webb. He suffered from tuberculosis as a child which left him short in height with a badly deformed spine. His work as a newspaper boy earned him enough money to buy drums which enabled him to start playing professinally at age 11.

When he was 20 he moved to New York City to pursue his dream and by the following year, 1926, he was leading his own band in Harlem. During th elate 20s he alternated between band tours and club residencies. He soon became known as one of the best bandleaders and drummers of the new swing era. Buddy Rich cited Webb as an influence on his own drumming and referred to Webb as "the daddy of them all." Webb was married to a woman named Salleye. In 1935 he began featuring a teenage singer by th ename of Ella Fitzgerald. By 1938 Webb's health began to decline and he alternated time on the bandstand with time in the hospital until his death.
Died: June 16, 1939

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