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Good News has been adapted for film twice; in 1930 and in 1947.. The 1956 film The Best Things in Life Are Free was a dramatization of the songwriting team of Henderson, Brown and De Sylva; Henderson was played by Dan Dailey.The film included many of the trio's songs. In 2000, a revue of Henderson's music called It's the Cherries opened in New York City as the inaugural show of the American ...
Ray Henderson wrote Bye Bye Blackbird, It All Depends on You, The Thrill Is Gone, Button Up Your Overcoat and other songs.
Composer Ray Henderson was born in Buffalo, New York on December 1, 1896. Studying piano and composition at the Chicago Conservatory, Henderson cultivated a melodic style that would help songs such as “Life is a Bowl of Cherries”, “Bye, Bye Blackbird”, “Five Foot Two and Eyes of Blue” and “You’re the Cream in My Coffee” become timeless hit standards.
Ray Henderson. Soundtrack: Public Enemies. Songwriter ("The Best Things in Life Are Free", "Birth of the Blues", "Button Up Your Overcoat"), composer, pianist, publisher and producer, educated at the Chicago Conservatory. He was a pianist in dance bands and an arranger for New York publishing companies in vaudeville. In 1925, he joined B. G. DeSylva and Lew Brown as a songwriting team and as ...
Explore Ray Henderson's discography including top tracks, albums, and reviews. Learn all about Ray Henderson on AllMusic.
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Jan 2, 1971 · GREENWICH, Conn., Jan. 1 —Ray Henderson, the composer of many popular songs that were enthusiastically received by the American public, died of a heart attack last night at his home here.
Henderson, Ray (actually, Raymond Brost)Henderson, Ray (actually, Raymond Brost), popular composer; b. Buffalo, N.Y., Dec. 1, 1896; d. Greenwich, Conn., Dec. 31, 1970. Henderson was best known as the composing member of the songwriting team of De Sylva, Brown, and Henderson, which wrote songs for nine Broadway shows and four Hollywood movies between 1925 and 1931, making them the most ...
Jul 20, 2021 · Ray Henderson (born Raymond Brost, 1 December 1896, Buffalo, N.Y. – 31 December 1970, Freenwich, Conn.) was an American composer and pianist.
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. DeSylva, Brown and Henderson became one of the top Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the era. Inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
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