The greatest drummer of the swing era, Chick Webb died tragically young exactly sixty years ago. Alyn Shipton remembers his career, his battle against illness and his great successes - including the discovery of singer Ella Fitzgerald.
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The greatest drummer of the swing era, Chick Webb died tragically young exactly sixty years ago. Alyn Shipton remembers his career, his battle against illness and his great successes - including the discovery of singer Ella Fitzgerald.
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