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Happy Birthday, Chick Webb

By August 1, 2025August 7th, 2025Jazz Music, Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPMVO–zga4

Drummer William Henry (Chick) Webb, who died in 1939 — at only 34 — would be celebrating his 111th birthday today. Here is more on Webb, who was instrumental in the career of Ella Fitzgerald.

Above is “Go Harlem” with a nifty slide show.

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