Charles Edward Henderson (19 January 1907 – 7 March 1970) was a

songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music ...

, arranger,

vocal coach A vocal coach, also known as a voice coach (though this term often applies to those working with speech and communication rather than singing), is a music teacher, usually a piano accompanist, who helps singers prepare for a performance, often a ...

and

lyricist A lyricist is a songwriter who writes lyrics (the spoken words), as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's music which may include but not limited to the melody, harmony, arrangement and accompaniment. Royalties A lyricist's incom ...

. He and Alfred Newman were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) in 1945 for ''

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''. Henderson was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Laguna Beach, California.

Notable works

*'' Fantasia'' (1940) (choral arrangements for the Ave Maria sequence) *''

Dumbo ''Dumbo'' is a 1941 American animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The fourth Disney animated feature film, it is based upon the storyline written by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl, ...

'' (1941) (vocal arrangements for "Song of the Roustabouts") *''

Bambi ''Bambi'' is a 1942 American animated drama film directed by David Hand (supervising a team of sequence directors), produced by Walt Disney and based on the 1923 book ''Bambi, a Life in the Woods'' by Austrian author and hunter Felix Salten ...

'' (1942) (choral arrangements) *''

The Bishop's Wife ''The Bishop's Wife'' (also known as ''Cary and the Bishop's Wife'') is a 1947 American romantic comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Cary Grant, Loretta Young, and David Niven. The plot is about an angel who helps a bishop with his ...

'' (1947) (vocal director) *''

The Enemy Below ''The Enemy Below'' is a 1957 DeLuxe Color war film in CinemaScope about a battle between an American destroyer escort and a German U-boat during World War II. Produced and directed by Dick Powell, the movie stars Robert Mitchum and Curt J� ...

'' (1957) (vocal supervisor) *''

The Music Man ''The Music Man'' is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson, based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey. The plot concerns con man Harold Hill, who poses as a boys' band organizer and leader and sells band instruments ...

'' (1962) (vocal arranger) *"

Deep Night "Deep Night" is a song and jazz standard with a melody composed in 1929 by Charles E. Henderson and lyrics written by Rudy Vallee. The tune is written in a minor key. History The song was first recorded in 1929 by Vallee with The Connecticut Yan ...

" (composer) *" The Right Kind" (composer) ;Broadway theatre *''Blackouts of 1949'' (1949); music also by Royal Foster ;Film music *''

The Rage of Paris ''The Rage of Paris'' is a 1938 American comedy film made by Universal Pictures. The movie was directed by Henry Koster, and written by Bruce Manning and Felix Jackson. It won the Venice Film Festival for Special Recommendation. Re-issued by R ...

'' (1938)

Books

* 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. .

Citations

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Henderson, Charles E 1907 births 1970 deaths American male songwriters 20th-century male musicians