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Chick Webb

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Aliases
Chick Webb and His Little Chicks
Chick Webb and His Orchestra
Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
The Jungle Band [Chick 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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Covers by Chick Webb

Title Performer Release date Originally by
June 1936 Bunny Berigan and His Boys - Vocal Chorus Chick Bullock
June 1938 (unknown)
Covered by (83 artists)
i December 1936 Benny Carter and His Orchestra
i April 1937 The Goofus Five
i 1934 Six Brown Brothers
June 1938 The Brox Sisters and Cast
1937 Stella Mayhew
i Heebie Jeebies Chick Webb and His Orchestra 1934 Unverified
i November 1937 Marion Harris
June 1934 Clarence Williams and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1938 Chick Webb's Savoy Orch.
1934 The Boswell Sisters - Accompanied by Dorsey Brothers
November 1936 Martha Raye with Bob Burns, Louis Prima and The Sons of the Pioneers
listen on Internet Archive i April 1938 Ethel Merman
  December 1935 Red Nichols and His Five Pennies REC, Trixie Friganza and Jimmie Savo PRF
August 1931 King Carter and His Royal Orchestra (Mills' Blue Rhythm Band)
i November 1937 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
I Never Knew Heaven Could Speak Chick Webb & His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald Unverified
  1937 Phyllis Cleveland and Skeets Gallagher PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
July 1939 Irving Kaufman
i   June 1938 Sammy Fain REC, Nick Lucas and Ruby Keeler BRD
i Midnite In a Madhouse Chick Webb and His Orchestra January 1938 Unverified
February 1939 Mary Martin
listen on Internet Archive February 1937 Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Beth Wilson
  January 1934 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
listen on Internet Archive July 1939 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
June 1938 Margaret and Dorothy McCarthy and Ensemble
November 1935 California Ramblers - Vocal Refrain by Ted Wallace
listen on Internet Archive   October 1934 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra REL, Duke Ellington and His Memphis Men REC
June 1936 Wingy Mannone and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Wingy Mannone
listen on Internet Archive i   1938 Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Vocal Chorus by Eva Taylor REL, William Bailey REC
listen on Internet Archive July 1939 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra, Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Harry Babbitt
listen on Internet Archive i April 1938 Charley Straight and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Sylvano
February 1939 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Young
i 1937 OKeh Dance Orchestra with Singing Chorus
listen on Internet Archive January 1938 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright
There's Frost On The Moon Chick Webb and His Orchestra 1937 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive March 1939 John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys
September 1938 Bunny Berigan and His Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Ruth Gaylor
April 1937 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday