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William Henderson (educator)
William, Willie, Bill or Billy Henderson may refer to: Musicians *Willie Henderson (musician) (born 1941), American soul music composer, arranger, producer * Bill Henderson (performer) (1926–2016), American jazz vocalist and actor * Bill Henderson (Canadian singer) (born 1944), Canadian singer, songwriter and music producer * Billy Henderson (American singer) (1939–2007), vocalist with The Spinners Public officials *William Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson (1891–1984), English Labour legislator *William L. Henderson (1894–1984), American judge *William Henderson (Canadian politician) (1916–2006), Canadian politician and judge * Bill Henderson (Northern Ireland politician) (1924–2010), Ulster journalist, television executive, politician *William J. Henderson (born 1947), American Postmaster General, Netflix executive * Bill Henderson (Isle of Man legislator) (born 1961), Manx legislator * Bill Henderson (Wyoming politician), American member of the Wyoming House of Represe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Henderson (musician)
Willie Henderson (born August 9, 1941 in Pensacola, Florida) is an American R&B and soul musician and producer. Background Henderson moved to Chicago with his family while still a child, and began playing the baritone saxophone. He gigged with local artists like Otis Rush, Syl Johnson, Alvin Cash, and Harold Burrage while in his twenties, and began working for Brunswick Records in 1968 as the label's Chicago studio bandleader. Henderson and producer Carl Davis() did arrangements for musicians such as Chi-Lites, Tyrone Davis, The Artistics, Jackie Wilson and Barbara Acklin. Henderson played on many of these records and also did some production work himself, especially for Tyrone Davis, with whom he had a string of R&B and Hot 100 hits in the late 1960s and early 1970s on Brunswick subsidiary, Dakar. Henderson also released several singles, which included "Funky Chicken (Part I)", as Willie Henderson and the Soul Explosions (#22 R&B, #91 pop); the Lowrell Simon-written 1974 ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henderson (footballer, Born 1883)
William P. Henderson (born 1883) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a left half. Career Born in Dundee, Henderson played for minor local club Norwood before spells with Scottish League clubs Dundee and Heart of Midlothian. For the latter club he made 22 league appearances, scoring 3 goals, and also featured on the losing side in the 1907 Scottish Cup Final. He signed for New Brompton of the English Southern League in 1908. He joined the club at the same time as another player also called William Henderson, and the two played alongside each other on six occasions.Brown, p. 26 While his namesake was a regular in the New Brompton team, this Henderson appeared only sporadically, with the last of his eight Southern League appearances coming at home to Portsmouth on 12 December 1908. He joined Bradford City in May 1909, leaving the club in July 1910 to sign for Grimsby Town Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Cleethorpes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William James Henderson
William James Henderson (December 4, 1855 – June 5, 1937) was an American musical critic and scholar. Biography He was born on December 4, 1855 in Newark, New Jersey. He graduated from Princeton in 1876 and immediately began work as a journalist, later as a reporter, then as the musical critic of ''The New York Times'', and in 1902 of ''The New York Sun''. He wrote perceptive press reviews of the performances of the Metropolitan Opera's star singers which remain valuable for today's scholars. Henderson's perspicacity as a musical reviewer and evaluator was recognised when he was appointed lecturer on musical history in the New York College of Music. He was also elected a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1914. Three days after the death of his longtime friend and fellow newspaper music critic, Richard Aldrich, he committed suicide with a .38-calibre revolver in his West-Side Manhattan hotel room. His ''New York Times'' obituary called him "for fift ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Henderson (publisher)
Bill Henderson (born April 5, 1941) is an American author, editor and publisher best known for his memoirs and the Pushcart Prize series. Publisher Bill Henderson is founder and editor of Pushcart Press, publisher of the annual '' Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses''. His anthology, featuring fiction, poetry and essays, has earned national recognition and is celebrating its 40th Anniversary. Pushcart Press was awarded the 1979 Carey Thomas Prize for Publisher of the Year by '' Publishers Weekly''. He has also edited and published many other books, including ''The Publish-It-Yourself Handbook'' (1973), ''The Art of Literary Publishing'' (1980), and ''Rotten Reviews'' (1986) a look at negative reviews of now-classic literature, and ''Minutes of the Lead Pencil Club'' (1995) Awards Henderson received the 2005 Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle and the 2006 Poets & Writers/Barnes & Noble's "Writers for Writers." He was awarded the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Henderson (novelist)
William McCranor Henderson (born in 1943 in Charlotte, North Carolina) is an American author whose writing explores the mutual influences of popular culture and literature, and the dark side of celebrity. '' Boston Magazine'' noted that his work displays "a real feel for the sad, ridiculous squalor in America, the tacky bars and beauty shops and motel swimming pools, the even cheaper dreams of the people who hang out at them." Henderson, according to '' The Philadelphia Inquirer'', "has managed the estimable feat of breathing new life into the theme of adulation and emulation in a fame-happy era." Writing Henderson is best known for his novels, ''Stark Raving Elvis'' and ''I Killed Hemingway''. '' The Village Voice'' characterized ''Stark Raving Elvis'' (E.P. Dutton, 1984) as "profoundly concerned with contemporary American culture and its myths." Nikki Giovanni, in'' The New York Times'', called it "funny and revealing," and '' The Philadelphia Inquirer'' wrote, "Henderso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henderson (sport Shooter)
William Jackson Henderson (born November 4, 1929) is a former sports shooter who represented the United States Virgin Islands. He competed in the men's 50 metre free pistol event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon .... References External links * 1929 births Living people United States Virgin Islands male sport shooters Olympic shooters for the United States Virgin Islands Shooters at the 1984 Summer Olympics {{USVirginIslands-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Henderson (curler)
William Henderson is a Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ... curler. He is a . Teams References External links * Living people Scottish male curlers European curling champions Scottish curling champions Year of birth missing (living people) {{Scotland-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henderson (cricketer)
William Andrew Henderson (19 November 1917 – 21 March 1995) was a South African cricketer who only played 10 first-class matches between 1937 and 1947. Five wickets in six balls Henderson shares the record of taking five wickets in six balls in first-class cricket (W W W W 0 W, off the last 3 and first 3 balls of consecutive overs) with four other bowlers. He achieved this record for North Eastern Transvaal against Orange Free State at Bloemfontein in 1937–38. North Eastern Transvaal won the toss and batted first, scoring 71 (Dudley Sparks took six for 21). In reply Orange Free State scored 94, Lennox Brown Lennox Sydney Brown (24 November 1910 – 1 September 1983) was a South African cricketer who played in two Tests in 1931–32. Len Brown was a right-handed lower-order batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler who turned to bowling leg-breaks ... taking six for 55. In their second innings North Eastern Transvaal scored 414 for seven declared (Raymond Currer scored ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Henderson (coach)
R. E. "Bill" Henderson (1901 – July 5, 1979) was an American basketball coach. He was the head basketball coach at Baylor University from 1941 to 1943, and from 1945 to 1961. In his 18 seasons at Baylor, Henderson had a win–loss record of 201–233, and his teams made three NCAA tournament appearances. Prior to becoming a college head coach, Henderson coached the Temple High School boys' basketball team, which reached the 1928 state championship game. Although Henderson's Temple team lost to Austin High School in the title game, it was eventually awarded the championship because an ineligible player had been on Austin's roster. In Henderson's first two seasons in charge of Baylor, the team finished with records of 11–9 and 6–14. After his two-season break, he guided the team to a 25–5 record, Southwest Conference championship, and NCAA tournament berth in 1945–46. In the 1948 NCAA tournament, the Bears reached the title game, rallying from sizable deficits against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Henderson (coach)
William Henderson (2 June 1928 – 14 February 2018) was a former American football player and coach. Henderson had coached for Furman University, the University of South Carolina, and four high schools. Henderson was a native of Georgia, graduated from high school in Macon, and was an alumnus of the University of Georgia (UGA). At UGA, Henderson was on the football and baseball teams. Early life Henderson was the youngest of 4 children of the late Holly Bradford Henderson and Mina Jewell Henderson. His father died when Henderson was 8 years old. This left his mother a widow who had to do everything on her own. She did not have any money, but she never let her children know that. “We thought we were wealthy and had everything we needed,” said Henderson. Coach Henderson had a strong passion for baseball. He and his buddies would walk three miles down from his house to watch minor league baseball games. Because he did not have the money to get in the game, he had to wait ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Henderson (footballer)
William Henderson (5 January 1900 – January 1934) was an English professional footballer. He was born in Whitburn, County Durham. Billy Henderson, a right-back, began his career with his local side Whitburn from whom he joined Brighton & Hove Albion. He moved to Aberdare Athletic and played 19 league games in Aberdare's first ever season in the Football League (1921–22). He left Aberdare mid-way during the season, in January 1922, to join West Ham United in a £650 transfer and was part of the West Ham team that won promotion to the First Division. He also appeared in the famous White Horse Final The 1923 FA Cup Final was an association football match between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United on 28 April 1923 at the original Wembley Stadium in London. The showpiece match of English football's primary cup competition, the Football As ..., the first FA Cup final to be held at the brand new Wembley Stadium, during the 1922-23 season. He was an ever-present ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Henderson (Australian Rules Footballer)
William Charles Henderson (14 December 1887 – 17 April 1956) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, ... and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of Edgar John Dean Henderson (1860-1895), and Julia Theresa Henderson (1861-1947), née Burke, (later Mrs. James Williamson), William Charles Henderson was born at Port Melbourne, Victoria on 14 December 1887. He married Naomi Mina "Omie" Coventry (1888-1953) in 1911. Football Richmond (VFL) Melbourne (VFL) Cleared from Richmond to Melbourne on 25 May 1910. Brighton (VFA) Cleared from Melbourne in April 1913, Henderson played for Brighton in the VFA for two seasons: 1913 (14 games), and 1914 (13 games). Death He died on 17 April 1956. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
