Chick Webb was a legendary drummer from the 30's & 40's who was handicapped but still reached the pinnacle of his time. He was a hunchback dwarf and sat on a bar stool to properly reach his drums. He adopted Ella Fitzgerald when she was 9 years old from an orphanage and trained her to sing with his band, eventually moving up to a huge career as top female vocalist on the American music charts.
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