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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Ray Henderson</span></h1>
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<p><b>Ray Henderson</b> (* <a href="1._Dezember" title="1. Dezember">1. Dezember</a> <a href="1896" title="1896">1896</a> in <a href="Buffalo_(New_York)" class="mw-redirect" title="Buffalo (New York)">Buffalo (New York)</a>; † <a href="31._Dezember" title="31. Dezember">31. Dezember</a> <a href="1970" title="1970">1970</a> in <a href="Greenwich_(Connecticut)" title="Greenwich (Connecticut)">Greenwich (Connecticut)</a>) war ein US-amerikanischer Songwriter, Pianist, Produzent und Komponist der <a href="Tin_Pan_Alley" title="Tin Pan Alley">Tin Pan Alley</a>, für den <a href="Broadway_(Theater)" title="Broadway (Theater)">Broadway</a> und Film.
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<p>Henderson studierte am <a href="Konservatorium" title="Konservatorium">Konservatorium</a> in <a href="Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> und war danach Pianist in Tanzbands und Arrangeur in New Yorker Verlagshäusern für populäre <a href="Vaudeville" title="Vaudeville">Vaudeville</a>-Musik. 1925 bis 1930 bildete er ein Songwriter-Team mit <a href="Lew_Brown" title="Lew Brown">Lew Brown</a> und <a href="Buddy_DeSylva" title="Buddy DeSylva">Buddy DeSylva</a>. Ihren <a href="Musikverlag" title="Musikverlag">Musikverlag</a> verkauften Henderson, Brown und DeSylva 1929, als sie nach Hollywood zu <a href="Fox_Film_Corporation" title="Fox Film Corporation">Fox</a> gingen. Ihr erster Film war <i>The Singing Fool</i> mit <a href="Al_Jolson" title="Al Jolson">Al Jolson</a> (mit den Hits <i><a href="Sonny_Boy_(Lied)" title="Sonny Boy (Lied)">Sonny Boy</a></i>, <i>It All Depends on You</i>) und 1930 folgte <i>Say It with Songs</i> ebenfalls mit Al Jolson (mit <i><a href="Little_Pal" title="Little Pal">Little Pal</a></i>, <i><a href="Sunny_Side_Up" title="Sunny Side Up">Sunny Side Up</a></i>). Die Zusammenarbeit mit DeSylva und Brown wurde 1956 in <a href="Fanfaren_der_Freude" title="Fanfaren der Freude">Fanfaren der Freude</a> <i>(The Best Things in Life Are Free)</i> verfilmt. 1931 verließ DeSylva das Team und Henderson arbeitete bis 1933 mit Brown weiter. Später arbeitete er mit <a href="Sam_M._Lewis" title="Sam M. Lewis">Sam M. Lewis</a>, <a href="Joe_Young_(Songtexter)" title="Joe Young (Songtexter)">Joe Young</a>, <a href="Billy_Rose" title="Billy Rose">Billy Rose</a>, <a href="Mort_Dixon" title="Mort Dixon">Mort Dixon</a>, <a href="Jack_Yellen" title="Jack Yellen">Jack Yellen</a> und <a href="Irving_Caesar" title="Irving Caesar">Irving Caesar</a>.
</p><p>Am <a href="Broadway_(Theater)" title="Broadway (Theater)">Broadway</a> hatte er Erfolge unter anderem mit <i><a href="George_White%E2%80%99s_Scandals" title="George White’s Scandals">George White’s Scandals</a></i> (zuerst 1925), <i>Good News</i>, <i>Hold Everything !</i>, <i>Follow Thru</i> (1930 auch verfilmt als <i><a href="Just_Imagine" title="Just Imagine">Just Imagine</a></i>), <i>Three Cheers</i>, <i>Flying High</i>, <i>Say When</i> (1934, komponiert mit <a href="Ted_Koehler" title="Ted Koehler">Ted Koehler</a>) und den <a href="Ziegfeld_Follies" title="Ziegfeld Follies">Ziegfeld Follies</a> von 1943.
</p><p>Zu seinen Songs gehören <i><a href="That_Old_Gang_of_Mine" title="That Old Gang of Mine">That Old Gang of Mine</a></i>, <i><a href="Alabamy_Bound" title="Alabamy Bound">Alabamy Bound</a></i>, <i><a href="Annabelle_(Lied)" title="Annabelle (Lied)">Annabelle</a></i>, <i><a href="Bye_Bye_Blackbird" title="Bye Bye Blackbird">Bye Bye Blackbird</a></i> (1925), <i><a href="I%E2%80%99m_Sitting_on_Top_of_the_World" title="I’m Sitting on Top of the World">I’m Sitting on Top of the World</a></i> (1925), <i><a href="The_Best_Things_in_Life_Are_Free" title="The Best Things in Life Are Free">The Best Things in Life Are Free</a></i>, <i><a href="The_Birth_of_the_Blues" title="The Birth of the Blues">The Birth of the Blues</a></i> (1926), <i><a href="Button_Up_Your_Overcoat" title="Button Up Your Overcoat">Button Up Your Overcoat</a></i>, <i>You Are My Lucky Star</i>, <i><a href="The_Varsity_Drag" title="The Varsity Drag">The Varsity Drag</a></i> (1927), <i><a href="Five_Foot_Two%2C_Eyes_of_Blue" title="Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue">Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue</a></i>, <i>I’m a Dreamer, Aren’t We All</i>, <i><a href="(Keep_Your)_Sunny_Side_Up" title="(Keep Your) Sunny Side Up">(Keep Your) Sunny Side Up</a></i> (1929), <i>The Thrill is Gone</i>, <i>Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries</i> (1931).
</p><p>1942 wurde er einer der <a href="ASCAP" class="mw-redirect" title="ASCAP">ASCAP</a>-Direktoren, was er bis 1951 blieb.
</p><p>Eine Revue seiner Musik (<i>It’s the Cherries</i>) wurde 2000 in New York City aufgeführt (<i>American Composer Series</i>).
</p><p>Henderson wurde in die <a href="Songwriters_Hall_of_Fame" title="Songwriters Hall of Fame">Songwriters Hall of Fame</a> aufgenommen.
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