Chick Henderson

b. Henderson Rowntree, 22 November 1912, Western Hartlepool, Region Cleveland, Britain, d. 24 June 1944, Southsea, Hampshire, Britain. A favorite dance music group vocalist from the past due 30s, with a robust, rich tone of voice, Henderson offered an apprenticeship in sea engineering before earning a local skill competition in 1935. After performing briefly with rings led by Jan Ralfini as well as the Dutch trumpeter Louis de Vries, he proved helpful for Harry Head with whom he produced his initial recordings in June 1935. Almost a year afterwards, Henderson became a member of Joe Reduction, whose music group was resident on the Astoria, Charing Combination Street, London and broadcasting frequently. During his five years with Reduction, Henderson developed a substantial pursuing, especially with the feminine audience, and acquired a thriving enthusiast club. His most remarkable record is most likely ‘Start The Beguine’, that was documented with Joe Reduction in July 1939, and released on Regal Zonophone Information, supported by ‘My Prayer’. It is stated to end up being the just record with a pre-war crooner to market greater than a million copies. Like the majority of of the up to 250 information he produced throughout his short profession, his name didn’t show up on the label. In 1940, quickly before he proceeded to go into the Product owner Navy, Henderson also documented several game titles with Harry Roy and his music group and the Body organ, The Dance Music group And Me. Ironically, after spending a lot of his amount of time in the Navy overseas, and getting torpedoed on two events, he died back in Southsea in 1944 after getting hit by a bit of shrapnel from a traveling bomb. His recordings continue being re-issued, generally on cassette by an understanding society that was produced in the north of Britain in 1990.