During the 1930s swing-era, no one got the crowd moving and shaking as a result of his pulsating drumming and stunning solo riffs more than East Baltimore’s Chick Webb that earned him the moniker of “The King of Drums.”
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During the 1930s swing-era, no one got the crowd moving and shaking as a result of his pulsating drumming and stunning solo riffs more than East Baltimore’s Chick Webb that earned him the moniker of “The King of Drums.”
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