Chick Webb & His Orchestra
William Henry Webb, usually known as Chick Webb (February 10, 1905 –June 16… Read Full Bio ↴William Henry Webb, usually known as Chick Webb (February 10, 1905 –June 16, 1939) was a jazz and swing music drummer as well as a band leader.

Chick Webb represented the triumph of the human spirit in jazz and life. Hunchbacked, small in stature, almost a dwarf with a large face and broad shoulders, Webb fought off congenital tuberculosis of the spine in order to become one of the most competitive drummers and band leaders of the big band era. Perched high upon a platform, he used custom-made pedals, goose-neck cymbal holders, a 28-inch bass drum and a wide variety of other percussion instruments to create thundering solos of a complexity and energy that paved the way for Buddy Rich (who studied Webb intensely) and Louie Bellson.

William Henry Webb bought his first set of drums with his earnings as a newsboy, and he began playing in bands on pleasure boats. After moving to New York in 1925, he led bands in various clubs before settling in for long regular runs at the Savoy beginning in 1931. In the 1930s Chick Webb and his band were the mainstay at the Savoy, a popular and prominent Harlem night club at the time. He was involved in numerous "Battle of the Bands" contests, which he won handily by means of the dancers' votes. As a result he came to be known as the "King of Swing."

Although Benny Carter and Johnny Hodges played with the band early on, the Webb band was oddly short on major soloists during its heyday from the mid-'30s onward; the young alto sax player Louis Jordan made the biggest impression after leaving the band. But the band made up for it with a crisp ensemble sound, Webb's disciplined, ferociously driving drum pyrotechnics, trumpeter Taft Jordan's impressions of Louis Armstrong, and most of all, a series of strong compositions and charts by Edgar Sampson ("Blue Lou" and "Stomping at the Savoy" among them).

In 1935, Webb hired the teenaged Ella Fitzgerald after she won a talent contest at the Apollo Theatre, became her legal guardian, and rebuilt his show around the singer, who provided him with his biggest hit record, "A Tisket-A-Tasket," in 1938. The New York Times later wrote, “reluctant to sign her…because she was gawky and unkempt, a diamond in the rough.” Webb offered her the opportunity to test with his band when they played a dance at Yale University. She began singing regularly with Webb’s Orchestra through 1935 at Harlem’s Savoy Ballroom. The band's fame continued to grow, fueled by its reputation as a giant-killer in the Savoy battles and a continuous string of Decca 78s that featured such irresistible numbers as "T'aint What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" and the B-side of "Tasket," "Liza." But Webb's precarious health began to give way, and after a major operation in Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, he died (his last words reportedly were, "I'm sorry, I've got to go."). After Webb's death on June 16, 1939, his band was renamed Ella and her Famous Orchestra with Ella taking on the role of nominal band leader. Fitzgerald recorded nearly 150 songs with the orchestra before it broke up in 1942, “the majority of them novelties and disposable pop fluff”. In 1942, Fitzgerald left the band to begin a solo career.
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Chick Webb & His Orchestra Lyrics


'Tain't What You Do When I was a kid about half past three My ma…
A Little Bit Later On A little bit later on A little bit later on Just wait…
A Tisket A Tasket A-tisket, a-tasket A brown and yellow basket I send a letter…
A-Tisket a-Tasket A-Tisket A-Tasket A green and yellow basket I bought a bas…
Azure Driftin' Dreamin' In an Azure mood, Stardust gleamin' Th…
Blues In My Heart I left my heart in San Francisco. High on a hill…
Cement Mixer Cement Mixer! Put-ti, Put-ti Cement Mixer! Put-ti, Put-ti Ce…
Chew Chew Chew If you're idle and lonesome too Don't know what to…
Clap Hands Here Comes Charley Clap hands, here comes Charlie Clap hands, good time Charlie…
Cryin' My Heart out for You You took the words right out of my heart And it…
Cryin‘ Mood Woe is me I'm as blue as anyone can be I feel…
Darktown Strutters Ball I'll be down to get you in a taxi honey Better…
Dear Old Southland Dear old Southland I hear you calling me. And I long…



Dedicated to You If I should write a book for you That brought me…
Diga Diga Do Zulu man is feelin' blue Gear his heart beat a little…
Don't Be That Way April skies are in your eyes But, darling, don't be blue Do…
Everybody Step Soon you'll hear a tune That's gonna lift you out of…
F. D. R. Jones I hear, tell, there's a stranger in the Jones household (Yes…
Gotta Pebble In My Shoe Got a pebble in my shoe, ouch Got a pebble in…
Hallelujah Sing Hallelujah, Hallelujah! And you'll shoo the blues away…
Hallelujah! Sing Hallelujah, Hallelujah! And you'll shoo the blues away …
Heart of Mine I can't believe you really love me That I can call…
Holiday in Harlem Music music everywhere Happiness is in the air Not a soul ha…
I Ain't Got Nobody Though folks with good intentions Tell me to save my tears W…
I Can't Dance Our romance won't end on a sorrowful note, Though by tomorro…
I Can't Stop Loving You (I can't stop loving you) I've made up my mind To live…
I Got A Guy I got a guy He don't dress me in sable He looks…
I May Be Wrong I may be wrong but I think you're wonderful I may…
I Want to Be Happy I want to be happy But I won't be happy Till I…
If Dreams Come True If dreams come true I'll be with you I love that smile…
If It Ain't Love It don't mean a thing If it ain't got that swing (doo…
Imagination Imagination is funny, it makes a cloudy day sunny Makes a…
In A Little Spanish Town Evenings are crowded with memories Thrilling me again Like t…
It's Swell of You When I was a kid about half past three My ma…
I’m Just A Jitterbug It was just one of those things Just one of those…
Just a Simple Melody It's just a simple melody Designed to haunt your memory It's…
Keepin Out Of Mischief Now Don't even go to a movie show If you're not by…
Let's Face the Music and Dance There may be trouble ahead But while there's moonlight and m…
Let's Get Together I'm so tired of this dull routine Up to town on…
Lisa Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa men have named you You're so like…
Mood Indigo Now you have been blue, yes but you ain't been…
My Heart Belongs To Daddy While tearing off a game of golf I may make a…
On the Sunny Side of the Street Walked with no one and talked with no one And I…
One O'Clock Jump Amapola My pretty little poppy You're like that lovely flowe…
One Side Of Me I love how your eyes close whenever you kiss me And…
Rhythm And Romance Rhythm and romance Romance and rhythm Taught me to sparkle a…
Rock It for Me I heard it came to town A new kind of rhythm Spread…
Shine 'Cause my hair is curly Just because my teeth are pearly Jus…
Sing Me a Swing Song Give me a song that's robust Feeling the way I am Any…
Squeeze Me Want you to know I go for your squeezin' Want you…
Stompin' at the Savoy Savoy, the home of sweet romance Savoy, it wins you at…
T'ain't What You Do When I was a kid about half past three My ma…
Take Another Guess So you think I'll sit around and cry The day you…
That Rhythm Man Now the tress all sway to rhythm And the children play…
That Was My Heart I sometimes wish I was a kid again Down in the…
The Dipsy Doodle The Dipsy Doodle's the thing to beware The Dipsy Doodle will…
The Same Little Words Three little words, Oh, what I'd give for that wonderful phr…
Things Are Looking Up Things are looking up I've been looking the landscape over A…
True If dreams come true I'll be with you I love that smile…
Undecided First you say you do And then you don't And then you…
Vote for Mr Rhythm I'll be down to get you in a taxi honey Better…
Wacky Dust They call it wacky dust It's from a hot cornet It gives…
When Dreams Come True If dreams come true I'll be with you I love that smile…
when i get low i get high My fur coat's sold Oh Lord ain't it cold But I'm not…


We have lyrics for these tracks by Chick Webb:


'Tain't What You Do It's The Way That Cha Do It When I was a kid about half past three My ma…
A Little Bit Later On A little bit later on A little bit later on Just wait…
A Tisket a Tasket A-tisket a-tasket A green-and-yellow basket I bought a baske…
A-Tisket A-Tasket A-tisket, a-tasket A green and yellow basket I send a lett…
At The Darktown Strutter's Ball I'll be down to get you in a taxi honey Better…
Azure Driftin' Dreamin' In an Azure mood, Stardust gleamin' Thru …
Chew Chew Chew If you're idle and lonesome too Don't know what to…
Clap Hands Here Comes Charley Clap hands, here comes Charlie Clap hands, good time Charlie…
Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie Clap hands, here comes Charlie Clap hands, good time Charli…
Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley Clap hands, here comes Charlie Clap hands, good time Charlie…
Cryin' Mood Woe is me I'm as blue as anyone can be I feel…
Crying My Heart Out for You All my dreams are over, now I'm wide awake With a…
Darktown I'll be down to get you in a taxi honey Better…
Dear Old Southland Dear old Southland I hear you calling me. And I long…
Diga Diga Doo Zulu man is feelin' blue Gear his heart beat a little…
Don't be that way April skies are in your eyes But, darling, don't be blue Do…
Everybody step Soon you'll hear a tune That's gonna lift you out of…
F.D.R. Jones I hear, tell, there's a stranger in the Jones household (Ye…
Facts and Figures โลกนี้มีเพลงรัก อยู่หลายพันทำนอง ฉันได้ฟังได้ร้อง อยู่ตั้งมา…
Gee but You I may be wrong but I think you're wonderful I may…
Gotta Pebble In My Shoe Got a pebble in my shoe, ouch Got a pebble in…
Hallelujah Sing Hallelujah, Hallelujah! And you'll shoo the blues away…
Heart of Mine I can't believe you really love me That I can call…
Holiday in Harlem Music music everywhere Happiness is in the air Not a soul …
I Can't Dance I Got Ants in My Pants Oh baby, let′s have a party, (Let's have a party,) Let′s all…
I Can't Stop Loving You So you're leaving In the morning On the early train…
I Found My Yellow Basket A-tisket, a-tasket A green and yellow basket I send a lett…
I Got a Guy I got a guy He don't dress me in sable He looks…
I May Be Wrong I may be wrong but I think you're wonderful I may…
I Want to Be Happy I want to be happy But I won't be happy Till I…
I'll Chase The Blues Away I'll chase the blues away I'll laugh and sing all day I've…
I'm Confessin' I'm confessin' that I love you Tell me, do you love…
If Dream Come True If dreams come true I'll be with you I love that smile…
If You Can't Sing It You'll Have To Swing It Mister Paganini, please play my rhapsody And if you cannot …
In a Little Spanish Town Evenings are crowded with memories Thrilling me again Like…
In A Spanish Town Evenings are crowded with memories Thrilling me again Like t…
It Say, it's only a paper moon Sailing over a cardboard sea But…
It's Swell of You When I was a kid about half past three My ma…
I’Ll Chase The Blues Away I'll chase the blues away I'll laugh and sing all day I've…
Just a Simple Melody It's just a simple melody Designed to haunt your memory It's…
Keepin' Out of Mischief Now Don't even go to a movie show If you're not by…
limehouse blues And those weird China blues Never go away Sad, mad blues For…
Little White Lies The moon was all aglow But heaven was in your eyes The…
Midnight in Harlem Music music everywhere Happiness is in the air Not a soul ha…
Mr Paganini The concert was over in Carnagie Hall The maestro took bow…
My Heart Belongs To Daddy I used to fall In love with all Those boys who call On…
Oh Johnny Oh, Johnny, oh, Johnny How you can love! Oh, Johnny, oh, Joh…
On The Sunny Side Of The Street Walked with no one and talked with no one And I…
Rhythm and Romance Rhythm and romance Romance and rhythm Taught me to sparkle a…
Rock it For I heard it came to town A new kind of rhythm Spread…
Shine 'Cause my hair is curly Just because my teeth are pearly Jus…
Sing Me a Swing Song Give me a song that's robust Feeling the way I am Any…
Sing Me A Swing Song And Let Me Dance Give me a song that's robust Feeling the way I am Any…
Stompin Savoy, the home of sweet romance Savoy, it wins you at…
Sunny Side of the Street Walked with no one and talked with no one And I…
T Ain't What You Do When I was a kid about half past three My ma…
Taint What You Do When I was a kid about half past three My ma…
Take Another Guess So you think I'll sit around and cry The day you…
The Darktown Strutters' Ball I'll be down to get you in a taxi honey Better…
The Dipsy Doodle The Dipsy Doodle's the thing to beware The Dipsy Doodle will…
True If dreams come true I'll be with you I love that smile…
Undecided First you say you do And then you don't And then you…
Vote for Mr Rhythm I'll be down to get you in a taxi honey Better…
Wacky Dust They call it wacky dust It's from a hot cornet It gives…
Wake Up and Live Wake up and live; don't mind the rainy patter And you…
When Dreams Come True If dreams come true I'll be with you I love that smile…
When I Get Low My fur coat's sold Oh Lord ain't it cold But I'm not…
When I Get Low I Get High My fur coat's sold Oh Lord ain't it cold But I'm not…
You'll Have To Swing It The concert was over in Carnagie Hall The maestro took bow…


We have lyrics for these tracks by His Orchestra:


A Very Precious Love Ev'ry show must have a song Most ev'ryone agrees For what el…
A-Tisket A-Tasket A-tisket a-tasket A brown and yellow basket I sent a letter …
Adios Maraquita Linda Te quiero, dijiste tomando mis manos entre tus manitas de bl…
Adventures in Paradise Take my hand I'm a stranger in paradise All lost in…
All The Things You Are You are the promised kiss of springtime That makes the lonel…
Almost Like Being in Love What a day this has been What a rare mood I'm…
Answer Me Answer me, Lord above: Just what sin have I been guilty…
Beautiful Dreamer Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me, Starlight and dewdrops are …
Begin The Beguine When they begin the beguine It brings back the sound…
Bells Dashing through the snow In a one-horse open sleigh O'er the…
Blue Skies Blue skies, smilin' at me Nothin' but blues skies do I…
Blues for Two Five foot two, eyes of blue But oh, what those five…
Can t Help Lovin Dat Man Oh listen, sister I love my mister man and I can't…
Carioca Ela é carioca, ela é carioca Basta o jeitinho dela andar Nem…
Clair de Lune Lune de miel Nunca sabré cómo tu alma ha encendido…
Come Back to Sorrento Fun may be fun But it's not when the one That you…
Don't You Do It You had plenty money 1922 You let other women make a…
Emaline Don't you hear my heart whisper thru your window, Emaline? I…
Everything I Have Is Yours Everything I have is yours, you're a part of me Everything…
Far Away Places Far away places with strange sounding names Far away over th…
Fly Fly me to the moon Let me play among the stars Let…
For You Alone When you walk through a storm, Hold your head up high, And…
Goodnight Irene Irene, goodnight Irene, goodnight Goodnight, Irene Goodnight…
Hi-Lili Hi-Lili Hi-Lo The sun has got his hat on hip-hip-hip hooray The sun…
High Noon Do not forsake me, oh my darlin' On this, our weddin'…
I Don't Know Don't you know I care Or don't you care to…
I Dream of Jeannie I guess I'll to dream the rest If you can't remember…
I Hear A Rhapsody And when I hear you call So softly to me I…
I Love Paris I'm in the mood for love Simply because you're near me. Funn…
I May Be Wrong I may be wrong but I think you're wonderful I may…
I Talk to the Trees Last time that I came round You wouldn't even open the…
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now I wonder who's kissing her now I wonder who's teaching her…
I'm Sitting On Top Of The World I'm sitting on top of the world Just rolling along, Just…
I.E.O.T.D I believe, I believe I believe in wishing wells And I also…
If Dreams Come True If dreams come true I'll be with you I love that smile…
If I Loved You I wanna be loved by you, just you And nobody else…
It Don Must be jelly 'cause jam don't shake like that Must be…
It Don't Mean a Thing It don't mean a thing If it ain't got that swing (doo…
It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Everywhere you g…
Jersey Bounce They call it that Jersey bounce A rhythm that really counts …
Let It Snow Oh the weather outside is frightful But the fire is so…
Let's Face The Music & Dance There may be trouble ahead But while there's moonlight and m…
let's get together I'm so tired of this dull routine Up to town on…
Love for Christmas I'm in the mood for love Simply because you're near me. Funn…
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing Love is a many splendored thing It's the April rose that…
Lover Fun may be fun But it's not when the one That you…
Lullaby of Broadway Come on along and listen to The lullaby of Broadway The hip…
Moanin Moanin' low, my sweet man, I love him so Though he's…
My Foolish Heart The night is like a lovely tune Beware my foolish heart How…
My Old Dutch My old flame I can't even think of his name But it's…
No Other Love No other love have I Only my love for you Only the…
Oh Marie Here while the day is fading, Dear you I'm serenading, My lo…
Oh! Oh, Marie (oh, Marie) Oh, Marie (oh, Marie) In your arms, I'…
Old Folks at Home Way down upon the Swanee River, Far, far away That's where m…
Out of My Dreams You stepped out of a dream You are too wonderful to…
Over the Rainbow When all the world is a hopeless jumble And the raindrops…
Posin Sposin' I should fall in love with you, Do you…
Rain/Snow April showers, overhead offer me a chance To protect her fro…
Remember The night was filled with sweet surrender I had a million…
Rock House Blues Lace up your boots and we'll broom on down To a…
Rock It For Me I heard it came to town A new kind of rhythm Spread…
Rudolph The Rednosed Reindeer You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen Comet and…
Russian Lullaby Aka Lullaby Mm Mm Every night you'll hear her croon A Russian lullaby …
September Song For it's a long, long while from May to December But…
September Song From "Knickerbocker Holiday" Oh, it's a long, long while from May to December But…
Serenade Through the trees comes autumn with her serenade. Melodies t…
Shall We Dance Drop that long face Come on have your fling Why keep nursing…
She's Tall She's Tan She's Terrific There's a new gal hit the town That really knows her…
Since I Since I met you baby my whole life has changed Since…
Sing a Song of Sunbeams Give me a song that's robust Feeling the way I am Any…
Singin' In The Rain I'm singin' in the rain, just singin' in the rain What…
Some Enchanted Evening Some enchanted evening, you may see a stranger, You may see…
Stompin Savoy, the home of sweet romance, Savoy, it wins you with…
Stompin' at the Savoy Savoy, the home of sweet romance Savoy, it wins you at…
Stranger in Paradise Take my hand I'm a stranger in paradise All lost in…
Summertime In Venice There's a time each year That we always hold dear Good old…
The Party's Over The party's over, it's time to call it a day They've…
The Sheik of Araby "I'm the Sheik of Araby, Your love belongs to me. At…
The Wedding Samba Way down in the land of the Rio Grande When people…
The Whiffenpoof Song To the tables down at Mory's To the place where Louie…
The Yellow Rose Of Texas There's a yellow rose in Texas that I am gonna…
Theme from Moulin Rouge When ever we kiss, I worry and wonder. Your lips may be…
There They Go There'll be a hot time in the town of Berlin When…
They Say It's Wonderful They say that falling in love is wonderful It's wonderful, s…
Third Man Theme When a zither starts to play You'll remember yesterday In it…
Three Coins In The fountain Three coins in the fountain, Each one seeking happiness. Thr…
Tonight Well, I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight Gonna h…
Unforgettable Unforgettable That's what you are Unforgettable Tho' near or…
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve When the bells all ring and the horns all blow And…
what is there to say Is it true what they say about Dixie? Does the…
When I Fall in Love Maybe I'm old fashioned, feeling as I do Maybe I am…
Why Don t You Do You had plenty money, 1922 You let other women make…
You Feel It Whenever it's early twilight I watch 'til a star breaks thro…
You Turned the Tables on Me YOU TURNED THE TABLES ON ME Benny Goodman I used to be…


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