Ray Henderson

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Ray Henderson was a prominent American songwriter and composer of popular music and Broadway tunes during the 1920s and 1930s.

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Ray Henderson canonical 3

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instanceOf American songwriter
composer
person
songwriter
activeYearsEndTime 1930s
activeYearsStartTime 1920s
collaboratedWith Buddy DeSylva
Lew Brown
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
fieldOfWork Tin Pan Alley era
surface form: Tin Pan Alley
genre Broadway music
popular music
influencedGenre American popular music standards
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf De Sylva, Brown and Henderson
surface form: DeSylva, Brown and Henderson
movement American popular song tradition of the 1920s and 1930s
notableEra Great Depression era popular music
Roaring Twenties
surface form: Jazz Age
notableFor writing hit songs for Broadway revues and musical comedies
notableWork Button Up Your Overcoat
Bye Bye Blackbird
Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
I’m Sitting on Top of the World
I’m a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas
Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
“Birth of the Blues”
surface form: The Birth of the Blues

The Thrill Is Gone
The Varsity Drag
You’re the Cream in My Coffee
occupation composer
songwriter
workLocation New York City
wroteMusicFor Ziegfeld Follies
surface form: Broadway revues

musical comedies

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I’m Sitting on Top of the World composer Ray Henderson
subject surface form: I'm Sitting on Top of the World
Buddy DeSylva collaboratedWith Ray Henderson
Flying High musicBy Ray Henderson