Ray Henderson

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 [a=Lew Brown] and [a=Buddy G. De Sylva]. [a=DeSylva, Brown and Henderson] became one of the top Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the era.

Inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.