Bill Henderson
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Birth name
| William Allen Henderson
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Born
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1944-11-06
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November 6, 1944
(age 79)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Genres
| Rock
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Occupation(s)
| - Singer
- songwriter
- music producer
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Instrument(s)
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Years active
| 1966–present
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Website
| www
.gonegonegone
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Musical artist
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]
Career
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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
.
[3]
[4]
[5]
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
.
[6]
As well as performing, Henderson has produced many recordings; he won the 1983
Juno Award
for "
Producer of the Year
", with
Brian MacLeod
, for Chilliwack's
Opus X
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
Sesame Street
from 1989 to 1995. Henderson was a founding inductee to the
BC Entertainment Hall of Fame
in 1994.
[7]
Henderson has served as director of the Canadian Association 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
SOCAN
at the 2014 SOCAN Awards in Toronto.
[9]
Henderson was named a
Member of the Order of Canada
in 2015.
[10]
[11]
In 2016, Henderson continues to tour Canada as a solo musician
[8]
and to perform with Chilliwack.
[12]
Personal
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Henderson's daughter
Camille Henderson
is a singer; she was a member in the early 1990s of the pop trio
West End Girls
,
[13]
and has appeared as a guest vocalist on albums by
Sarah McLachlan
and
Delerium
. Another daughter,
Saffron Henderson
is a singer and voice actress.
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Discography
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The Collectors
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Chilliwack
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References
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James H. Marsh (1999).
Chilliwack
. The Canadian Encyclopedia. pp. 458?.
ISBN
978-0-7710-2099-5
.
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"Chilliwack"
.
The Canadian Encyclopedia
. Retrieved
October 8,
2019
.
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"Henderson, Chilliwack still going strong after 40 years"
.
Estevan Mercury
, October 5, 2011
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Ed Gould (1988).
Entertaining Canadians: Canada's international stars, 1900-1988
. Cappis Press. pp.
48
?49.
ISBN
978-0-919763-18-0
.
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Norm N. Nite (1 September 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
.
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"History"
. BC Entertainment Hall of Fame
. Retrieved
26 February
2023
.
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"Living his passion for music"
Archived
2017-02-16 at the
Wayback Machine
.
Penticton Western News
. By STEVE KIDD April 5, 2011
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"Inducted 1994"
. BC Entertainment Hall of Fame
. Retrieved
26 February
2023
.
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a
b
"Generations of rock with Chilliwack"
Archived
2017-02-16 at the
Wayback Machine
. Dale Boyd -
Penticton Western News
, July 21, 2016
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2014 SOCAN Awards
Archived
2017-06-28 at the
Wayback Machine
. SOCAN website.
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"Four Nova Scotians among Order of Canada honourees"
.
The Chronicle-Herald
, July 1, 2015.
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"24 Minutes with Bill Henderson"
Archived
2017-09-10 at the
Wayback Machine
.
Peterborough Examiner
, By Joe Leary. January 19, 2017.
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"Chilliwack rocks during Nanaimo Bathtub Weekend Launch Party"
Archived
2016-07-15 at the
Wayback Machine
. Melissa Fryer -
Nanaimo News Bulletin
, Jul 14, 2016
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McGinnis, Ray (18 March 2019).
"Say You'll Be Mine by the West End Girls"
.
vancouversignaturesounds.com
. Vancouver Pop Music
. Retrieved
2021-08-21
.
External links
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