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'''Charles Edward Henderson''' ([[1907]] - [[1970]]) was a [[songwriter]], [[conductor]], [[pianist]], [[arranger]], [[vocal coach]], [[lyricist]] and [[author]]. Henderson was a member of, and wrote much material for [[Hasty Pudding Club|The Hasty Pudding Club]]. His first hit song was ''[[Deep Night]]'' with lyrics by [[Rudy Vallee]]. |
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'''Charles Edward Henderson''' (19 January 1907 – 7 March 1970) was a [[songwriter]], [[arranger]], [[vocal coach]] and [[lyricist]]. He and [[Alfred Newman]] were nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Academy Award for Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)]] in 1945 for ''[[State Fair (1945 film)|State Fair]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1945 |title=The 17th Academy Awards |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]}}</ref> |
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==Early life== |
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Henderson was born in Massachusetts in [[1907]], and began giving [[Bach]] recitals on piano at seven years of age and began studying music theory at eight. His formal education included the [[Roxbury Latin School]] and [[Harvard University]] where he was a student of [[Walter Piston]], [[Ernst Toch]], and [[Victor Bay]]. |
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Henderson was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Laguna Beach, California. |
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==Career== |
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After graduating from Harvard (''cum laude'') in [[1928]], he became the featured pianist and arranger for [[Fred Waring|The Fred Waring Orchestra]], joining [[ASCAP]] in [[1931]]. While with Fred he began his [[vocal music]] career by writing arrangements for Fred's [[Trio (music)|trio]], The Three Girlfriends (later known as The Three Waring Girls.) He married one of those girls, Ida Pearson, and together they had two children, Sally and Peter. He left Waring in the early 30's to freelance around New York working with various bands and appearing as an [[accompanist]] and arranger on frequent [[radio broadcast]]s. [[Andre Kostelanetz|Maestro Andre Kostelanetz]] hired him to do his radio programs' vocal arranging and coaching and this eventually established him as the premier vocal master in the country. |
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== Notable works == |
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Moving to California, he began a ten year stint in pictures, mostly under [[Alfred Newman]] at [[20th Century Fox]] where he did the vocal direction on Fox musicals of the forties, ''[[The Dolly Sisters]]'', the original ''[[State Fair]]'', and many others. His first big picture was with [[Irving Berlin]] and the production of ''[[Alexander's Ragtime Band]]''. He also did the vocal arrangements that were used in [[Disney]]s, ''[[Bambi]]'', and ''[[Fantasia]]''. |
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*''[[Fantasia (1940 film)|Fantasia]]'' (1940) (choral arrangements for the Ave Maria sequence) |
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*''[[Dumbo]]'' (1941) (vocal arrangements for "Song of the Roustabouts") |
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*''[[Bambi]]'' (1942) (choral arrangements) |
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*''[[The Bishop's Wife]]'' (1947) (vocal director) |
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*''[[The Enemy Below]]'' (1957) (vocal supervisor) |
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*''[[The Music Man (1962 film)|The Music Man]]'' (1962) (vocal arranger) |
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*"[[Deep Night]]" (composer) |
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*"[[The Right Kind]]" (composer) |
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;Broadway theatre |
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Charlie was also [[Betty Grable]]s personal vocal coach and toured with her during [[WWII]] as her conductor and accompanist. During these years he participated in more than 300 movies, conducting and writing [[theme song]]s, background music and transitions. Somehow during this plethora of movie work he, along with co-author [[Charles Palmer]], found the time to write a book considered essential for aspiring vocalists, ''[[How to Sing For Money]]''. |
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*''Blackouts of 1949'' (1949); music also by Royal Foster |
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;Film music |
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In the late [[40's]] Henderson went to work in television, producing the show ''[[Stop The Music]]'' out of [[New York]]. After a couple of years of this Charlie was called back to Hollywood for more movie chores and did the vocal direction on ''[[The Helen Morgan Story]]'' (Paramount), ''[[April Love]]'' (Fox) and ''[[The Music Man]]'' (Warner Brothers) among others. He had remarried while at Fox Studios, having been divorced by Ida after fourteen years. He met his new wife while working on a Fox movie ''[[Four Jills In A Jeep]]'' in the early forties. She was a young starlet and dancer, [[Mitzi Mayfair]], and that union lasted another fourteen years. |
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*''[[The Rage of Paris]]'' (1938) |
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== Books == |
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After returning to Hollywood, Charlie turned his music and lyric writing talents to creating special material and [[Las Vegas]] [[nightclub]] acts for various clients such as [[Jayne Mansfield]], [[Anne Blythe]], [[Nat Cole]]s widow, Maria and other notables. During this period he also wrote and conducted a [[UPA]] cartoon musical about chess (his lifetime hobby; he was a Postal Master) called ''[[The King and Joe]]'' |
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* Henderson, Charles, with Charles Palmer (1939). ''How to Sing for Money: The Art and Business of Singing Popular Songs Professionally''. Hollywood, Calif.: G Palmer Putnam. {{oclc|896876}}. |
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== Citations == |
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Charles Henderson was semi-retired and living in [[Laguna Beach]], [[California]] with his third wife, the former [[Bliss Jones]] when he passed away in March of [[1970]]. In addition to Bliss, his survivors were his two children and six grandchildren. His hit songs included ''Deep Night'', ''Carefree'' (the Kostelanetz radio theme), ''So Beats My Heart For You'' (lyrics), ''This Is The Chance Of A Lifetime'' and others. |
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== External links == |
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* {{IBDB name|name=Charles Henderson}} |
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* {{IMDb name|id=0376367|name=Charles Henderson}} |
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[[Category:1907 births]] |
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[[Category:1970 deaths]] |
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Latest revision as of 00:36, 7 November 2024
Charles Edward Henderson (19 January 1907 – 7 March 1970) was a songwriter, arranger, vocal coach and lyricist. He and Alfred Newman were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) in 1945 for State Fair.[1]
Henderson was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Laguna Beach, California.
Notable works
[edit]- Fantasia (1940) (choral arrangements for the Ave Maria sequence)
- Dumbo (1941) (vocal arrangements for "Song of the Roustabouts")
- Bambi (1942) (choral arrangements)
- The Bishop's Wife (1947) (vocal director)
- The Enemy Below (1957) (vocal supervisor)
- The Music Man (1962) (vocal arranger)
- "Deep Night" (composer)
- "The Right Kind" (composer)
- Broadway theatre
- Blackouts of 1949 (1949); music also by Royal Foster
- Film music
- The Rage of Paris (1938)
Books
[edit]- Henderson, Charles, with Charles Palmer (1939). How to Sing for Money: The Art and Business of Singing Popular Songs Professionally. Hollywood, Calif.: G Palmer Putnam. OCLC 896876.
