Chick Webb

Aliases: Chick Webb and His Little Chicks
Chick Webb and His Orchestra
Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
The Jungle Band [Webb]
Real name: William Henry Webb
Born: February 10, 1905
Died: June 16, 1939
Country: United States
IPI: 00032595779 2 works
Comments: Jazz drummer and bandleader. Webb suffered from spinal tuberculosis from childhood, and he eventually died from the disease.
Sources dispute his year of birth, ranging from 1902 to 1909.
Related: Ella Fitzgerald Band vocals (1935-1939)

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Originals

	Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
	Cryin' Mood	Chick Webb & His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	1937	Unverified
	Cryin' My Heart Out For You	Chick Webb & His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	1936	Unverified
i	Dog Bottom	The Jungle Band [Webb]	August 1929	(3 artists)
i	Don't Be That Way	Chick Webb and His Orchestra	June 1935	(181 artists)
	F.D.R. Jones	Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	October 1938	(7 artists)
i	Get Together	Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra	February 1934	Unverified
	I Got the Spring Fever Blues	Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	1936	Kay Starr with Orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney
	It's Over Because We're Through REC	Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Taft Jordan	June 1935	(5 artists) Originally by Willie Bryant and His Orchestra REL
	Rock It for Me	Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	December 1937	(4 artists)
i	Stomping at the Savoy	Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra	June 1934	(451 artists)
	Under the Spell of the Blues	Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	June 1936	(3 artists)
i	When Dreams Come True	Chick Webb's Savoy Orch.	February 1934	(114 artists)
	When I Get Low I Get High	Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	February 1937	(31 artists)

Covers by Chick Webb

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
	A Little Bit Later On	Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	June 1936	Bunny Berigan and His Boys - Vocal Chorus Chick Bullock
	A-Tisket A-Tasket	Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	June 1938	(unknown) Covered by (80 artists)
i	Blue Lou	Chick Webb and His Orchestra	December 1936	Benny Carter and His Orchestra
i	Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie	Chick Webb and His Orchestra	April 1937	The Goofus Five
i	Darktown Strutters Ball	Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra	1934	Six Brown Brothers
	Everybody Step	Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	June 1938	The Brox Sisters and Cast
	Hallelujah	Chick Webb & His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	1937	Unverified
i	Heebie Jeebies	Chick Webb and His Orchestra	1934	Unverified
i	I Ain't Got Nobody	Chick Webb and His Little Chicks	November 1937	Marion Harris
	I Can't Dance, I Got Ants in My Pants	Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Taft Gordon	June 1934	Clarence Williams and His Orchestra
	If Dreams Come True	Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	1938	Chick Webb's Savoy Orch.
	If It Ain't Love	Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Charles Linton	1934	The Boswell Sisters - Accompanied by Dorsey Brothers
	(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It	Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	November 1936	Martha Raye with Bob Burns, Louis Prima and The Sons of the Pioneers
i	I Got Rhythm	Chick Webb and His Little Chicks	April 1938	Ethel Merman
	I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful)	Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Taft Jordan	December 1935	Red Nichols and His Five Pennies REC, Trixie Friganza and Jimmie Savo PRF
	I'm Left with the Blues in My Heart	Chick Webb and His Orchestra	August 1931	King Carter and His Royal Orchestra (Mills' Blue Rhythm Band)
i	In a Little Spanish Town	Chick Webb and His Little Chicks	November 1937	Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
	I Never Knew Heaven Could Speak	Chick Webb & His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald		Unverified
	I Want to Be Happy	Chick Webb and His Orchestra featuring Ella Fitzgerald and The Little Chicks	1937	Phyllis Cleveland and Skeets Gallagher PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
	Little White Lies	Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	July 1939	Irving Kaufman
i	Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)	Chick Webb and His Orchestra	June 1938	Sammy Fain REC, Nick Lucas and Ruby Keeler BRD
	My Heart Belongs to Daddy	Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	February 1939	Mary Martin
	Oh Yes? Take Another Guess	Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	February 1937	Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Beth Wilson
	On the Sunny Side of the Street	Chick Webb's Savoy Orch.	January 1934	Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
	Out of Nowhere	Ella Fitzgerald and The Chick Webb Orchestra	July 1939	Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
	Pack Up Your Sins and Go to the Devil	Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	June 1938	Margaret and Dorothy McCarthy and Ensemble
	Rhythm and Romance	Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	November 1935	California Ramblers - Vocal Refrain by Ted Wallace
	Rhythm Man	Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Taft Jordan	October 1934	Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra REL, Duke Ellington and His Memphis Men REC
	Sing Me a Swing Song (And Let Me Dance)	Chick Webb & His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	June 1936	Wingy Mannone and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Wingy Mannone
i	Squeeze Me	Chick Webb and His Orchestra	1938	Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Vocal Chorus by Eva Taylor REL, William Bailey REC
	Stairway to the Stars	Ella Fitzgerald and The Chick Webb Orchestra	July 1939	Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra, Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Harry Babbitt
i	Sweet Sue - Just You	Chick Webb and His Little Chicks	April 1938	Charley Straight and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Frank Sylvano
	'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That Cha Do It)	Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	February 1939	Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Young
i	That Naughty Waltz	Chick Webb and His Orchestra	1937	OKeh Dance Orchestra with Singing Chorus
	The Dipsy Doodle	Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	January 1938	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright
	Undecided	Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	March 1939	John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys
	Wacky Dust	Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	September 1938	Bunny Berigan and His Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Ruth Gaylor
	You Showed Me the Way	Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	April 1937	Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday

Songs written by Chick Webb

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Cryin' Mood	Chick Webb, Andy Razaf	Chick Webb & His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	1937	Unverified
Dog Bottom	Chick Webb	The Jungle Band [Webb]	June 14, 1929	Covered by (3 artists)
Get Together	Chick Webb	Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra	February 1934	Unverified
Stompin' at the Savoy	Benny Goodman, Andy Razaf, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb	Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra	May 18, 1934	Covered by (451 artists)
You Showed Me the Way	Ella Fitzgerald, Chick Webb, Teddy McRae, Bubby Green	Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday	February 18, 1937	Covered by (11 artists)

Releases

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
A Little Bit Later On	Chick Webb and His Orchestra	June 1936	Decca
A-Tisket A-Tasket	Chick Webb and His Orchestra	June 1938	Decca
Darktown Strutters Ball	Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra	1934	Columbia [EMI]
Dog Bottom	The Jungle Band [Webb]	August 1929	Brunswick
Don't Be That Way	Chick Webb and His Orchestra	June 1935	Decca
Everybody Step	Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	June 1938	Decca
F.D.R. Jones	Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	October 1938	Decca
I Can't Dance, I Got Ants in My Pants	Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra	June 1934	Columbia [US]
If Dreams Come True	Chick Webb and His Orchestra	1938	Decca
(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It	Chick Webb and His Orchestra	November 1936	Decca
I Got the Spring Fever Blues	Chick Webb and His Orchestra	1936	Decca
I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful)	Chick Webb and His Orchestra	December 1935	Decca
I'm Left with the Blues in My Heart – Moanin'	Chick Webb and His Orchestra – Blue Rhythm Boys	August 1931	Brunswick
In a Little Spanish Town	Chick Webb and His Little Chicks	November 1937	Decca
I Never Knew - On the Sunny Side of the Street	The Chocolate Dandies - Chick Webb's Savoy Orch.	January 1934	Columbia [US]
I Want to Be Happy	Chick Webb and His Orchestra featuring Ella Fitzgerald and The Little Chicks	1937	Decca
Little White Lies	Chick Webb and His Orchestra	July 1939	Decca
Love Is the Thing So They Say	Chick Webb and His Orchestra	1937	Decca
My Heart Belongs to Daddy	Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	February 1939	Decca
Oh Yes? Take Another Guess	Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald	February 1937	Decca
Rhythm and Romance	Chick Webb and His Orchestra	November 1935	Decca
Rhythm Man	Chick Webb and His Orchestra	October 1934	Decca
Rock It for Me	Chick Webb and His Orchestra	December 1937	Decca
Sing Me a Swing Song (And Let Me Dance)	Chick Webb & His Orchestra	June 1936	Decca
Stairway to the Stars	Ella Fitzgerald and The Chick Webb Orchestra	July 1939	Decca
Stomping at the Savoy	Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra	June 1934	Columbia [US]
Sweet Sue - Just You	Chick Webb and His Little Chicks	April 1938	Decca
Swinging on the Reservation	Chick Webb and His Orchestra	December 1936	Decca
'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That Cha Do It)	Chick Webb and His Orchestra	February 1939	Decca
The Dipsy Doodle	Chick Webb and His Orchestra	January 1938	Decca
True	Chick Webb and His Orchestra	1934	OKeh
Undecided	Chick Webb and His Orchestra	March 1939	Decca
Wacky Dust	Chick Webb and His Orchestra	September 1938	Decca
When Dreams Come True	Chick Webb's Savoy Orch.	February 1934	Columbia [US]
You Showed Me the Way	Chick Webb and His Orchestra	April 1937	Decca