William Allen Henderson (born November 6, 1944) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and music producer. Henderson is best known for his work as lead singer and guitarist with the group

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in the 1970s and 1980s,

Career

As a young man, Henderson performed as a guitarist in the Panorama Trio at the Vancouver Hilton Hotel's Panorama Roof restaurant. He then helped form the

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group The Collectors. After The Collectors disbanded, Henderson and other former Collectors formed the band Chilliwack. The group played together for more than 30 years, and produced the hits "Lonesome Mary", "California Girl", and "

My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone) "My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)" is a song that was performed by the Canadian group Chilliwack. Co-written by bandmembers Brian MacLeod and Bill Henderson, it was released on the band's 1981 album '' Wanna Be a Star''. In Canada, the song spent four ...

". He is also part of the

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supergroup UHF. As well as performing, Henderson has produced many recordings; he won the 1983 Juno Award for "

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", with Brian MacLeod, for Chilliwack's ''

Opus X ''Opus X'' is the tenth album (hence the "X") by the Canadian rock band Chilliwack, released in October 1982. Producers Bill Henderson and Brian MacLeod received the Juno Award for " Producer of the Year" for their work on the songs "Whatcha Go ...

'' album. He also won a Genie Award for best original song in a movie ("When I Sing", from '' Bye Bye Blues''), and was musical director for the Canadian edition of ''

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'' from 1989 to 1995. Henderson was a founding inductee to the

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in 1994. Henderson has served as director of the Canadian Association of Recording Arts and Sciences (

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) and as president of the Songwriters Association of Canada."Generations of rock with Chilliwack"
Dale Boyd - ''Penticton Western News'', July 21, 2016 In 2014 he was awarded the Special Achievement Award by

SOCAN The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is a Canadian performance rights organization that represents the performing rights of more than 135,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. The organization collects ...

at the 2014 SOCAN Awards in Toronto. Henderson was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 2015. In 2016, Henderson continues to tour Canada as a solo musician and to perform with Chilliwack.

Personal

Henderson's daughter

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is a singer; she was a member in the early 1990s of the pop trio

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, and has appeared as a guest vocalist on albums by

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and

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. Another daughter,

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is a singer and voice actress.

Discography

The Collectors

* 1967 – '' The Collectors'' * 1968 – ''

Grass & Wild Strawberries ''Grass and Wild Strawberries'', released in 1969, is an album by the Canadian rock band The Collectors. The songs were written as part of prominent Canadian playwright George Ryga's stage play ''Grass and Wild Strawberries''. The distinctly l ...

Chilliwack

* 1970 – ''

'' * 1971 – ''

'' * 1972 – '' All Over You'' * 1974 – '' Riding High'' * 1975 – '' Rockerbox'' * 1977 – '' Dreams, Dreams, Dreams'' * 1978 – '' Lights from the Valley'' * 1980 – ''

Breakdown in Paradise ''Breakdown in Paradise'' is the eighth album by the Canadian rock band Chilliwack, released in December 1979. The album was originally intended to be called ''Road to Paradise'', but the death of Mushroom Records head Shelly Siegel in January ...

'' * 1981 – ''

Wanna Be a Star ''Wanna Be a Star'' is the ninth album by the Canadian rock band Chilliwack, released in September 1981. At this point, the band had collapsed into a trio, without a full-time drummer, but leader Bill Henderson and guitarist/keyboardist/drummer ...

'' * 1982 – ''

'' * 1983 – ''

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(compilation)'' * 1984 – ''

Look In Look Out ''Look In Look Out'' is the twelfth and, to date, last studio album by the Canadian rock band Chilliwack, released in July 1984. The track "Don’t Stop" achieved modest success as a single. Track listing All songs written by Bill Henderson & A ...

'' * 1994 – ''

Greatest Hits A greatest hits album or best-of album is a type of compilation album that collects popular and commercially successful songs by a particular artist or band. While greatest hits albums are typically supported by the artist, they can also be crea ...

(compilation)'' * 2003 – ''

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UHF

* 1990 – '' UHF'' * 1994 – '' UHF II''

References

External links

Bill Henderson website

- CanadianBands.com

- CanadianBands.com

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