Champ Webb

Champ Webb

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About

Warren "Champ" Webb was a versatile session musician who played various saxophones, the English horn, oboe and other woodwind instruments. He recorded with the legendary group of Los Angeles studio musicians known as The Wrecking Crew and can be heard on recordings by The Doors, Sonny & Cher, Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra.

Trivia

Warren "Champ" Webb played the oboe solo on Sonny & Cher's 1965 hit song "I Got You Babe.

Early Life

Warren "Champ" Webb was one of many big band saxophonists who settled in Los Angeles after World War II to capitalize on the movie studios' demand for musicians.