Chubby was signed and controlled by Morris Levy/Roulette Records who in turn was backed by the Genovese family who in turn controlled Harlem at the time via their associate "Bumpy" Johnson. Had they wanted Chubby at Smalls he would have been there, no doubt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Levy.
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