Chick Webb

Chick Webb

William Henry "Chick" Webb (February 10, 1905 – June 16, 1939) was an American jazz and swing music drummer and band leader.

Birth and Death Data: Born February 10, 1909 (Baltimore), Died June 16, 1939 (Baltimore)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1927 - 1939

Roles Represented in DAHR: drums, leader, songwriter, composer, lyricist

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 26-50 of 156 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia	W152735	10-in.	5/9/1934	Why should I beg for love	Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Columbia	W152740	10-in.	5/18/1934	Stomping at the Savoy	Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	leader
Columbia	W152769	10-in.	7/6/1934	Blue minor	Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	leader
Columbia	W152770	10-in.	7/6/1934	True	Chick Webb Orchestra ; Taft Jordan	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Columbia	W152771	10-in.	7/6/1934	Lonesome moments	Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter, leader
Columbia	W152772	10-in.	7/6/1934	If it ain't love	Chick Webb Orchestra ; Charles Linton	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Brunswick	E30039	10-in.	6/14/1929	Dog bottom	Jungle Band ; Chick Webb	Jazz/dance band	leader, composer
Brunswick	E30091	10-in.	6/27/1929	Jungle mamma	Jungle Band ; Chick Webb	Jazz/dance band	composer, leader
Brunswick	E36432	10-in.	3/30/1931	Heebie jeebie	Chick Webb Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with vocal	leader
Brunswick	E36433	10-in.	3/30/1931	I’m left with the blues in my heart	Chick Webb Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Brunswick	E36434	10-in.	3/30/1931	Soft and sweet	Chick Webb Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	leader
Brunswick	E6358-E6361	10-in.	8/25/1927	Low levee, high water	Chick Webb Harlem Stompers	Jazz/dance band	leader
Brunswick	B20699	10-in.	2/18/1937	You showed me the way	Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	songwriter
Vocalion	23470	10-in.	9/15/1938	You can't be mine (and someone else's too)	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Decca	38593	10-in.	9/10/1934	That rhythm man	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	38594	10-in.	9/10/1934	On the sunny side of the street	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	38595	10-in.	9/10/1934	Lona-1	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	38596	10-in.	9/10/1934	Blue minor-1	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	39138	10-in.	11/19/1934	It's over because we're through	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	39140	10-in.	11/19/1934	Don't be that way	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	39141	10-in.	11/19/1934	What a shuffle-1	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	39142	10-in.	11/19/1934	Blue Lou	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	39614	10-in.	6/12/1935	I'll chase the blues away	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	39615	10-in.	6/12/1935	Down home rag-1	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	39616	10-in.	6/12/1935	Are you here to stay?	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums

(Results 26-50 of 156 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Webb, Chick," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/104445.

Webb, Chick. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/104445.

"Webb, Chick." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.