Real name: William Hyland Lynch

Swing drummer
Born August 13, 1899 in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Willie Lynch’s career in New York, from 1924 to mid-1930:
Drummer, Billy Butler Band/Charleston Bearcats, 1924-1926
Drummer, Savoy Bearcats, opening the Savoy Ballroom, 1926
Recorded with the Savoy Bearcats, 1926
Toured South America, increasing the jazz audience, 1927
Subbed for Duke Ellington at the Cotton Club
Lynch band fronted by Louis Armstrong, 1930
Lynch band recorded with Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra, 1930
Willie Lynch directed orchestras for numerous Harlem revues.