William Henry Webb, usually known as Chick Webb (February 10, 1905?American Rag, Uhl Tidings column, November 2005.[LINK: http://www.geocities.com/ebbpeg/Webb.html] Setting the Record Straight[LINK: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1352264/] Chick Webb - Internet Movie Database?June 16, 1939) was a jazz and swing music drummer as well as a band leader. Life and career Webb was born in Baltimore, Maryland to William H. and Marie Johnson Webb. He suffered from childhood tuberculosis, leaving him with short height and a badly deformed spine. He supported himself as a newspaper boy and saved up money to buy drums, and first played professionally at age 11. At the age of 17 he moved to New York City and by the following year, 1926, he was leading his own band in Harlem. Jazz drummer Tommy Benford said he gave Webb drum lessons when he first

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