Stompin' At The Savoy: How Chick Webb Became the King of Drums
STOMPIN SAVOY AT THE How Chick Webb Became the King of Drums Moira Rose Donohue Illustrated by Laura Freeman PUBLISHED BY SLEEPING BEAR PRESS
To young William Henry Chick Webb all the world was a drum He tapped rhythms on iron railings Tinkety tink He slapped rhythms on marble steps Thwapety thwap
He banged rhythms on garbage cans Boomedy boom And years later on May 11 1937 he hammered them on his sparkly drum set at Harlem's Savoy Ballroom in the biggest band battle of the century
