Drum artist Chick Webb

Chick Webb

Living place: Baltimore

Birthday: 10-2-1905

Population of US 1905: 83,822,000

Global rank: #41073

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Drum artist Chick Webb profile

Who is Drum artist Chick Webb?
Jazz and swing drummer who played with the band Chick Webb, which featured then-unknown Ella Fitzgerald.
He rejected the idea that he should retire in 1938 when his health was rapidly failing because he knew his band was needed to work after the Great Depression had wreaked havoc in the group.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He worked as a newspaper boy. His first professional drummer performance occurred when he was eleven years old.

Family life info

He was married to Martha Loretta Ferguson.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Drum artist Chick Webb?
He has been credited for influencing the music created by Duke Ellington.

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When was Drum artist Chick Webb born?
Chick Webb was born in 10-2-1905, death year is , at the age of 119.
Where is Drum artist Chick Webb's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Chick Webb was born in Baltimore, Maryland- United States. is a Drum artist, whose Zodiac is Aquarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Snake. Chick Webb's global rank is 41073 and whose rank is 259 in list of famous Drum artist. Population of US in 1905 is about 83,822,000 persons.
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Events in 1905 and 10-2

Events in US in the birth year of Chick Webb

  • Industrial Workers of the World is founded in Chicago with the hopes of uniting all workers and giving more control to unions.
  • Numerous advancements in train service include 18-hour rides between New York and Chicago and the first train ever equipped with electric lights. Background: Railroads

Birthday Chick Webb (10-2) in history

  • Day 10-2 year 1763: The Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the French and Indian War. France ceded Canada and all North American territories east of Mississippi to Great Britain.
  • Day 10-2 year 1837: Russian poet Alexander Pushkin was killed in a duel.
  • Day 10-2 year 1840: Queen Victoria married Prince Albert.
  • Day 10-2 year 1942: Glenn Miller received the first ever gold record for selling a million copies of "Chattanooga Choo Choo."
  • Day 10-2 year 1962: The Soviet Union exchanged captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for Rudolph Abel, a Soviet spy held by the United States.
  • Day 10-2 year 1967: The 25th Amendment was ratified, establishing presidential succession.
  • Day 10-2 year 1996: IBM's computer, Deep Blue, beat the world chess champion, Garry Kasparov, in the first game of their match.
  • Day 10-2 year 2005: Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Arthur Miller died.
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