- Born
- Died
- Birth nameWilliam Henry Webb
- Height4′ 1″ (1.24 m)
- Chick Webb was born on February 10, 1905 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He is known for The Age of Adaline (2015), When Harry Met Sally... (1989) and Jojo Rabbit (2019). He was married to Sallye. He died on June 16, 1939 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
- SpouseSallye(? - June 16, 1939) (his death)
- No one knew Webb's true birth date from before the time of his death in 1939 until September 2005 when filmmaker Eric Bruno Borgman discovered the correct year. This means that February 10, 2005 was the 100th anniversary of his birth and it went by without any recognition.
- He is buried at Arbutus Memorial Park in Arbutus, Baltimore Co., Maryland. It lists his erroneous birth date.
- After the untimely death of Chick Webb (in 1939 at the age of only thirty-four) due to tuberculosis of the spine, Ella Fitzgerald took over leadership of the band for another three years, with Ted McCrea and Eddie Barefield acting as musical directors.
- Gene Krupa regarded Chick as his greatest inspiration and changed his style of drumming to emulate Webb's.
- Reputedly Chick's last words were "I'm sorry, I gotta go!".
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