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Ray Henderson

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Real name
Raymond Brost
Born
December 1, 1896
Died
December 31, 1970
Country
United States
IPI
00040155327 68 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Tin Pan Alley composer and piano accompanist to Vaudeville song and dance acts.
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and in 2001, into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame.
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Songs written by Ray Henderson

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
Alabamy Bound Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Bud Green Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra December 29, 1924 Covered by (85 artists)
Animal Crackers in My Soup Ray Henderson, Irving Caesar, Ted Koehler Don Bestor and His Orchestra July 12, 1935 Covered by (3 artists)
Black Bottom Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders June 28, 1926 Covered by (49 artists)
Button Up Your Overcoat Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Jack Haley and Zelma O'Neal January 9, 1929 Covered by (113 artists)
Bye Bye Blackbird Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall March 19, 1926 Covered by (603 artists)
Cover Me Up with Sunshine Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon Covered by (6 artists)
Don't Bring Lulu Ray Henderson, Billy Rose, Lew Brown Bennie Krueger's Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Billy Jones March 16, 1925 Covered by (29 artists)
Don't Tell Her What's Happened to Me Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Sammy Fain August 19, 1930 Covered by (9 artists)
Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (Has Anybody Seen My Girl) Ray Henderson, Joe Young [US1], Sam Lewis Sam Lanin and His Orchestra October 17, 1925 Covered by (155 artists)
Forgetting You Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Peggy English May 11, 1928 Covered by (12 artists)
For Old Times' Sake Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Nick Lucas "The Crooning Troubadour" July 7, 1928 Covered by (6 artists)
Good News Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Zelma O'Neal September 6, 1927 Covered by (19 artists)
(Here Am I) Broken Hearted Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra June 22, 1927 Covered by (31 artists)
He's a Ladies' Man Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Zelma O'Neal September 6, 1927 Covered by (2 artists)
Humming Ray Henderson, Louis Breau Rega Dance Orchestra November 5, 1920 Covered by (12 artists)
If I Had a Talking Picture of You Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Ed Lowry July 12, 1929 Covered by (61 artists)
I'm a Dreamer (Aren't We All) Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Ed Lowry July 12, 1929 Covered by (59 artists)
I'm in Seventh Heaven Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Al Jolson, Lew Brown George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Fran Frey April 4, 1929 Covered by (12 artists)
I'm Sitting on Top of the World Ray Henderson, Joe Young [US1], Sam Lewis Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall October 15, 1925 Covered by (75 artists)
It All Depends on You Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Al Jolson Covered by (114 artists)
I Want to Be Bad Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Zelma O'Neal January 9, 1929 Covered by (13 artists)
I Wonder How I Look When I'm Asleep Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Moe Thompson January 26, 1927 Covered by (4 artists)
Just a Memory Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra August 19, 1927 Covered by (22 artists)
Just Imagine Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Ruth Mayon & Mary Lawlor September 6, 1927 Covered by (30 artists)
Ladies and Gentlemen, That's Love Ray Henderson, Lew Brown Ethel Merman September 14, 1931 Covered by Victor Young and The Brunswick Orch. - Vocal Choruses by Bing Crosby, The Boswell Sisters, Connie Boswell, Frank Munn and The Mills Brothers
Let's Call It a Day Ray Henderson, Lew Brown Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Munn October 27, 1932 Covered by (7 artists)
Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Ethel Merman September 14, 1931 Covered by (76 artists)
Little Pal Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Al Jolson, Lew Brown Al Jolson Covered by (19 artists)
Lucky Day Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown The Harmonians - Vocal Chorus by Irving Kaufman June 24, 1926 Covered by (33 artists)
Lucky in Love Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Covered by (17 artists)
Lucky Kentucky Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon, Billy Rose Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra December 26, 1924 Covered by (7 artists)
Magnolia (Mix the Lot–What Have You Got?) Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown The Clevelanders May 19, 1927 Covered by (15 artists)
My Lucky Star Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Jack Barker January 9, 1929 Covered by (6 artists)
My Sin Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Charles W. Hamp April 1, 1929 Covered by (43 artists)
My Song Ray Henderson, Lew Brown Ethel Merman & Rudy Vallée September 14, 1931 Covered by (6 artists)
Nasty Man Ray Henderson, Jack Yellen, Irving Caesar Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees - Vocal Refrain by Rudy Vallée and Do Re Mi Trio March 5, 1934 Covered by (6 artists)
Never Swat a Fly Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra September 17, 1930 Covered by (24 artists)
One More Time Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Ben Bernie and His Orchestra February 13, 1931 Covered by (13 artists)
Red Hot Chicago Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Waring's Pennsylvanians January 10, 1930 Covered by (4 artists)
So Blue Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Vincent Lopez and His Casa Lopez Orchestra February 21, 1927 Covered by (11 artists)
Sonny Boy Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Al Jolson, Lew Brown Al Jolson August 20, 1928 Covered by (141 artists)
South Wind Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Frank Farrell & His Greenwich Village Inn Orchestra March 1, 1927 Covered by (8 artists)
Sunny Side Up Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders - Vocal Refrain by Frank Luther September 13, 1929 Covered by (30 artists)
Thank Your Father Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by Wilbert Morgan and The Three Girl Friends January 17, 1930 Covered by (8 artists)
That Old Gang of Mine Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon, Billy Rose Billy Murray–Ed Smalle June 5, 1923 Covered by (65 artists)
That's Why Darkies Were Born Ray Henderson, Lew Brown Everett Marshall September 14, 1931 Covered by (8 artists)
The Best Things in Life Are Free Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Mary Lawlor and John Price Jones September 6, 1927 Covered by (150 artists)
The Birth of the Blues Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Irving Abrams & His Orchestra June 1926 Covered by (166 artists)
There I Go Dreaming Again Ray Henderson, Lew Brown George Olsen and His Music – Vocal Refrain by Ethel Shutta February 24, 1932 Covered by (5 artists)
The Thrill Is Gone Ray Henderson, Lew Brown Rudy Vallee & Everett Marshall September 14, 1931 Covered by (160 artists)
The Varsity Drag Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown The OKeh Melodians August 16, 1927 Covered by (77 artists)
This Is the Missus Ray Henderson, Lew Brown Peggy Moseley & Rudy Vallée September 14, 1931 Covered by (8 artists)
Together Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Nick Lucas "The Crooning Troubadour" December 10, 1927 Covered by (95 artists)
Too Many Parties and Too Many Pals Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon, Billy Rose Chas. Dickson (Irving Kaufman) December 11, 1925 Covered by (21 artists)
Turn On the Heat Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown The Charleston Chasers [US] September 28, 1929 Covered by (16 artists)
Why Did I Kiss That Girl Ray Henderson, Lew Brown, Robert King Covered by (17 artists)
Without You Sweetheart Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown The Rounders – Vocal Chorus Tom Stacks December 15, 1927 Covered by (16 artists)
You're in Love with Every One (But the One Who's in Love with You) Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon Arthur Lange and His Orchestra January 25, 1924 Covered by (10 artists)
You're the Cream in My Coffee Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Ona Munson and Jack Whiting October 10, 1928 Covered by (95 artists)

Adapted songs