WEBB-AM

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Named in honor of the late Chick Webb, the station began operating with a 1,000-watt transmitter in 1955. From 1955 […]

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Tilters, The   

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R&B band featuring Baltimore’s saxophone legend Mickey Fields, the Tilters started out in the early 1950s playing local venues such […]

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Smith, Gene, & the 4 Notes  

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The 4 Notes consisted of vocalist Gene Smith (formerly toured with the Mills Brothers) along with Ted Queen (tenor sax, […]

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Mello Jacks, The

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Jazz group featuring James Perry (sax), Johnny Osborne (bass), James McKnight (piano), and Thomas Williams (drums).  Seen in the early […]

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Hammond-Tones, The (Lou Bennett &)

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Trio featuring Lou Bennett (B-3 organ), Phil Harris (bass), and Hilton Brooks (drums), later adding Earl Omaro (bongos). Bennett, a […]

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Fields, Mickey

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Legendary sax player from Baltimore Wilfred ‘Mickey’ Fields. In 1949 at the age of 16 he toured for six months […]

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