Ray Henderson

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Biography

B. December 1, 1896 in Buffalo, NY, USA d. December 31, 1970 in Greenwich, CT, USA Ray Henderson was a pianist and an American composer. In 1925, Henderson became one third of the songwriting team with lyricists Lew Brown and Buddy G. De Sylva. De Sylva, Brown and Henderson became one of the top Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the era. Inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.

  • Real name
  • Raymond Brost
  • Name variations
  • Anderson·Chick Henderson·D. Henderson·G. Henderson·H. Henderson·Handerson·Henderon·Hendersen·Henderson·Hendseron·Hernderson·J. Henderson·K. Henderson·Lew Henderson·R. Anderson·R. Handerson·R. Hendersen·R. Henderson·R. Hendersson·R
  • Aliases
  • Raymond Brost
  • Primary profession
  • Soundtrack·writer·music_department
  • Country
  • United Kingdom
  • Nationality
  • British
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 01 December 1896
  • Place of birth
  • Buffalo· New York
  • Death date
  • 1970-12-31
  • Death age
  • 74
  • Place of death
  • Greenwich· Connecticut
  • Cause of death
  • Natural causes
  • Knows language
  • English language
  • Member of
  • Middlesbrough F.C.·Reading F.C.

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One-third of the songwriting team of Henderson-DeSylva-Brown (with Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown ).

Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.

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