Ray Henderson
Ray Henderson (geboren als Raymond Brost; Buffalo, 1 december 1896 – Greenwich, 31 december 1970) was een Amerikaans songwriter.

Henderson werd geboren in Buffalo (New York), verhuisde naar New York City, en werd een populaire componist in Tin Pan Alley. Met Lew Brown en Buddy De Sylva was hij tussen 1925 en 1930 verantwoordelijk voor een aantal edities van de revue "George White's Scandals", musicals als "Good News", "Hold Everything!", en "Follow Thru". Na het vertrek van De Sylva bleef Henderson samenwerken met Brown tot 1933. In 1934 componeerde hij de muziek voor de musical "Say When" waarbij Ted Koehler tekende voor de teksten.

Hendersons grootste hits waren "That Old Gang of Mine" en "Annabelle" (1923), "Bye Bye Blackbird", "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue", "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" (1925), "The Birth of the Blues" (1926), "The Varsity Drag" (1927), "You're The Cream In My Coffee" (1928), "Button Up Your Overcoat", "You Are My Lucky Star", "I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All", "Keep Your Sunny Side Up" (1929), "The Thrill Is Gone" en "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" (1931). Henderson werkte daarnaast als begeleider van zang- en dansacts in Vaudeville.
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