William Henry Webb, known as 'Chick Webb,' was an American jazz, swing music drummer, and one of the top band leaders of his time. Webb was born February 10, 1905, in Baltimore, Maryland, to William H. and Marie Webb. He suffered from tuberculosis at a young age, leaving him with short stature and a badly deformed spine, […]

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