Bill Henderson (Canadian singer)

Bill Henderson
CM
Background information
Born
William Allen Henderson

(1944-11-06) November 6, 1944
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
GenresRock
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • music producer
Instruments
Years active1966–present
Labels
Websitewww.gonegonegone.com

William Allen Henderson CM (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 Chilliwack in the 1970s and 1980s.[1][2][3]

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 psychedelic rock group The Collectors.[4][5][6]

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)". He is also part of the folk music supergroup UHF.[7]

Henderson is also a music producer. He was musical director for the Canadian edition of Sesame Street from 1989 to 1995. He has served as director of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) and as president of the Songwriters Association of Canada.[8] In 2014 he was awarded the Special Achievement Award by Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) at the 2014 SOCAN Awards in Toronto.[9]

Henderson has continued to tour Canada both as a solo musician[8] and with Chilliwack.[10]

Honors and awards

He and Brian MacLeod won the Producer of the Year Juno Award in 1983 for Chilliwack's Opus X album. He won a Genie Award for best original song in a movie ("When I Sing", from Bye Bye Blues). Henderson was a inaugural inductee to the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame in 1994.[11]

Henderson was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 2015.[12][13]

Personal

Henderson's daughter Camille Henderson is a singer; she was a member in the early 1990s of the pop trio West End Girls,[14] and has appeared as a guest vocalist on albums by Sarah McLachlan and Delerium. Another daughter, Saffron Henderson, is a singer, actress and voice actress.[15][16] His son-in-law (Saffron's husband) is professional baseball player Chris Pritchett.[17]

Discography

The Collectors

Chilliwack

UHF

References

  1. ↑ Marsh, James H. (1999). "Chilliwack". The Canadian Encyclopedia. pp. 458–459. ISBN 978-0-7710-2099-5 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Chilliwack". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Henderson, Chilliwack still going strong after 40 years". SaskToday. Harvard Media. October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 17, 2026.
  4. ↑ Gould, Ed (1988). "Chilliwack". Entertaining Canadians: Canada's international stars, 1900–1988. Cappis Press. pp. 48–49. ISBN 978-0-919763-18-0.
  5. ↑ Nite, Norm N. (September 1, 1985). Rock on: the illustrated encyclopedia of rock n' roll : the video revolution, 1978-present. Harper & Row. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-06-181644-4.
  6. ↑ "History". BC Entertainment Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  7. ↑ Kidd, Steve (April 5, 2011). "Living his passion for music". Penticton Western News. Archived from the original on February 16, 2017.
  8. 1 2 Boyd, Dale (July 21, 2016). "Generations of rock with Chilliwack". Penticton Western News. Archived from the original on February 16, 2017.
  9. ↑ "2014 SOCAN Awards". socan.ca. Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada. Archived from the original on June 28, 2017.
  10. ↑ Fryer, Melissa (July 14, 2016). "Chilliwack rocks during Nanaimo Bathtub Weekend Launch Party". Nanaimo News Bulletin. Archived from the original on July 15, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Inducted 1994". BC Entertainment Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Four Nova Scotians among Order of Canada honourees". The Chronicle-Herald. July 1, 2015.
  13. ↑ Leary, Joe (January 19, 2017). "24 Minutes with Bill Henderson". Peterborough Examiner. Archived from the original on September 10, 2017.
  14. ↑ McGinnis, Ray (March 18, 2019). "Say You'll Be Mine by the West End Girls". vancouversignaturesounds.com. Vancouver Pop Music. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  15. ↑ "Saffron Henderson". discogs.com. Retrieved August 17, 2026.
  16. ↑ "Saffron Henderson". onthemictraining.com. Vancouver: On the Mic Training. Retrieved August 17, 2026.
  17. ↑ Ewen, Steve (April 16, 2022). "Canadians return to The Nat, where everyone knows your name". theprovince.com. Retrieved August 17, 2026.
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