Chick Webb and His Orchestra - All The Hits And More 1929-39 (2024)

Chick Webb was a jazz and swing drummer and bandleader who enjoyed huge success and popularity during the 1930s before his career was tragically cut short by his death from spinal tuberculosis in 1939 at the age of 34. He was renowned for introducing the teenaged Ella Fitzgerald to the scene as his featured vocalist. With a much-admired powerful virtuoso drumming technique, he was a highly influential figure, paving the way for the likes of Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich and Louie Bellson. This 98-track 4-CD collection comprises most of his releases under his own name on the Brunswick, Vocalion, Columbia, Okeh and Decca labels, plus early recordings with the Jungle Band. It contains a significant number of recordings featuring Ella Fitzgerald, who performed on several of his 17 career hits, all of which are included here, most notably the No. 1 A-Tisket, A-Tasket. Also featured is his original version of Stompin' At The Savoy, plus many other classics of the era - Don't Be That Way, You'll Have To Swing It, Rock It For Me, Undecided, T'Ain't What You Do and more. Other vocalists featured are Taft Jordan, Louis Jordan, Chuck Richards, Charles Linton and Louis Bacon, with his bands also including many notable names of the era. It's a substantial and fairly comprehensive overview of his recording career, and a highly entertaining showcase for his distinctive approach, not to mention his important work with Ella Fitzgerald as an emerging star of the day.
Tracklist
CD1

01. The Jungle Band - Dog Bottom
02. The Jungle Band - Jungle Mama
03. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - I'm Left With Blues In My Heart
04. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Soft And Sweet
05. Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra - Heebie Jeebies
06. Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra - When Dreams Come True
07. Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra - Let's Get Together
08. Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra - I Can't Dance (I Got Ants In My Pants)
09. Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra - Imagination
10. Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra - Why Should I Beg For Love
11. Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra - Stomping At The Savoy
12. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - True
13. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - If It Ain't Love
14. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Lonesome Moments
15. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - On The Sunny Side Of The Street
16. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Blue Minor
17. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - That Rhythm Man
18. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Lona
19. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Don't Be That Way
20. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - It's Over Because We're Through
21. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Love And Kisses
22. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Are You Here To Stay?
23. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Rhythm And Romance
24. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Moonlight And Magnolias

CD2

01. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful)
02. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - I'll Chase The Blues Away
03. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Crying My Heart Out For You
04. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Down Home Rag
05. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Sing Me A Swing Song
06. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Facts And Figures
07. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - A Little Bit Later On
08. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Under The Spell Of The Blues
09. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Go Harlem
10. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Devoting My Time To You
11. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Mr. Paganini (You'll Have To Swing It)
12. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Vote For Mr. Rhythm
13. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Swinging On The Reservation
14. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Blue Lou
15. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - What A Shuffle
16. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - I Got The Spring Fever Blues
17. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Love, You're Just A Laugh
18. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - There's Frost On The Moon
19. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Gee, But You're Swell
20. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Love Marches On
21. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Take Another Guess
22. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - When I Get Low I Get High
23. Chick Webb's Orchestra - You Showed Me The Way
24. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Rusty Hinge
25. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Cryin' Mood
26. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Wake Up And Live

CD3

01. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - It's Swell Of You
02. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Clap Hands, Here Comes Charley
03. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Love Is The Thing, So They Say
04. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - That Naughty Waltz
05. Chick Webb, his Little Chicks - In A Little Spanish Town
06. Chick Webb, his Little Chicks - I Ain't Got Nobody
07. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Just A Simple Melody
08. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Holiday In Harlem
09. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Strictly Jive
10. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Rock It For Me
11. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - The Dipsy Doodle
12. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Midnight In A Madhouse
13. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - I Got A Guy
14. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Harlem Conga
15. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - If Dreams Come True
16. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Squeeze Me
17. Chick Webb, his Little Chicks - Sweet Sue, Just You
18. Chick Webb, his Little Chicks - I Got Rhythm
19. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - A-Tisket, A Tasket
20. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away)
21. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Everybody Step
22. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Pack Up Your Sins And Go To The Devil
23. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - I'm Just A Jitterbug
24. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Azure

CD4

01. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Spinnin' The Webb
02. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Wacky Dust
03. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - I Let A Tear Fall In The River
04. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - McPherson Is Rehearsin' (To Swing)
05. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - F.D.R Jones
06. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - I Love Each Move You Make
07. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - I Found My Yellow Basket
08. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Ella
09. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Gotta Pebble In My Shoe
10. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Who Ya Hunchin'?
11. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - It's Foxy
12. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - My Heart Belongs To Daddy
13. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - It Tain't What You Do (It's The Way That Cha Do It)
14. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - I Can't Stop Loving You
15. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Undecided
16. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - In The Groove At The Grove
17. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Chew, Chew, Chew, Chew (Your Bubble Gum)
18. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - It's Slumbertime Along The Swanee
19. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - I'm Up A Tree
20. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Have Mercy
21. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - Little White Lies
22. Chick Webb, His Orchestra - One Side Of Me
23. Chick Webb, His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald - That Was My Heart
24. Chick Webb, His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald - Sugar Pie