Gender
Male
Born
Dec 01, 1896
Buffalo, New York, USA
Died
Dec 31, 1970
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Composer Producer Writer Lyricist Director Arranger Musical Supervisor
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Comments
one third of the songwriting team Henderson-DeSylva-Brown
  • CREDITS
    Bullets Over Broadway (Apr 10, 2014 - Aug 24, 2014)
    Musical, Original
    • Additional music by Harry DeCosta, Edwin Edwards, James D. LaRocca, W.H. Ragas, Anthony Sbarbaro, Larry Shields, Andy Razaf, Don Redman, Charles McCarron, Carey Morgan, Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Clarence Williams, Tausha Hammed, Fred Fisher, Joseph J. McCarthy, Sidney Arodin, Hoagy Carmichael, Ray Henderson, Cole Porter, Sam Theard, Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins, A. Harrington Gibbs, Joe Grey, Leo Wood, Milton Ager, Joe Young, W. Benton Overstreet, Perry Bradford, Roy Carew, Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams, Burt Clarke, George Clarke, Winston Tharp, Neil Moret, Richard Whiting and Arthur Swanstone
    One Mo' Time (Mar 06, 2002 - Mar 24, 2002)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Shelton Brooks, Charles McCarron, Chris Smith, Armand J. Piron, Steve J. Lewis, Andy Razaf, Clarence Williams, Quenton Redd, Henry Troy, Hezekiah Jenkins, Ma Rainey, Toots Davis, Ed Stafford, Neil Moret, Edwin B. Edwards, James D. LaRocca, W.H. Ragas, Anthony Sbarbaro, Larry Shields, Alex Bellenda, Rousseau Semmois, Clarence Todd, Edward "Kid" Ory, Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Wesley Wilson, Artie Matthews, George W. Thomas, Oliver G. Wallace, H. Weeks, Spencer Williams, Eddie Green, J. Turner Layton, Bessie Smith, Harry Richman, Peter De Rose and Theo A. Metz
    Fosse (Jan 14, 1999 - Aug 25, 2001)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Ray Henderson, Cy Coleman, Neil Diamond, Harry Warren, Arthur Schwartz, Irving Berlin, Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, Cole Porter, Richard A. Whiting, Patrick S. Brady, Joseph Arrington, Jr., Lalo Schifrin, Ray Bauduc, Bob Haggart, Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, John Kander, Stephen Schwartz, Jule Styne, Louis Prima, Leon Barry, Jerry Jeff Walker, W. Benton Overstreet, Harry Ruby, Stanley Lebowsky, G. Harrell and Frederick Loewe
    Big Deal (Apr 10, 1986 - Jun 08, 1986)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Ray Henderson, Abel Baer, Eubie Blake, Samuel W. Lewis, Joseph Young, Ted Fio Rito, Nacio Herb Brown, Richard Whiting, Fred Fisher, Jerome Kern, Don Raye, Hughie Prince, Eleanor Sheehy, Edward Farley, Michael Riley, Al Lewis, Milton Ager, Al Jolson, Spencer Williams, Dave Dreyer, Harry Warren, Lewis E. Gensler, Leonello Casucci, Hal Goering, Ben Bernie, Leonard Ware, Jerry Brandow, Willie Spottswood, Leonard Kent, Edward Robinson and Walter Donaldson
    Good News (Dec 23, 1974 - Jan 04, 1975)
    Musical, Revival
    • Music by Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva and Lew Brown
    • Lyrics by B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson
    The Billy Barnes People (Jun 13, 1961 - Jun 17, 1961)
    Musical, Original
    • Music arranged by Ray Henderson
    • Musical Supervisor: Ray Henderson
    Mr. Wonderful (Mar 22, 1956 - Feb 23, 1957)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Sam Coslow, W. Franke Harling, Sid Kuller, Arthur Hammerstein, Dudley Wilkinson, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson, Cole Porter, Benny Davis, Harry Akst, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin and Gus Kahn
    Ziegfeld Follies of 1943 (Apr 01, 1943 - Jul 22, 1944)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Ray Henderson
    George White's Scandals [1936] (Dec 25, 1935 - Mar 28, 1936)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Ray Henderson
    Say When (Nov 08, 1934 - Jan 12, 1935)
    Musical, Original
    Strike Me Pink (Mar 04, 1933 - Jun 10, 1933)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Ray Henderson
    • Produced by Ray Henderson
      See Full Producer List
    • Sketches by Lew Brown and Ray Henderson
    • Entire production supervised by Ray Henderson and Lew Brown
    Hot-Cha! (Mar 08, 1932 - Jun 18, 1932)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Ray Henderson
    • Book by Mark Hellinger, H. S. Kraft, Ray Henderson and Lew Brown
    George White's Scandals [1931] (Sep 14, 1931 - Mar 05, 1932)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Ray Henderson
    Flying High (Mar 03, 1930 - Jan 03, 1931)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Ray Henderson
    George White's Scandals [1929] (Sep 23, 1929 - Feb 08, 1930)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Ray Henderson
    Follow Thru (Jan 09, 1929 - Dec 21, 1929)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Ray Henderson
    Three Cheers (Oct 15, 1928 - Apr 13, 1929)
    Musical, Original
    • Additional music by Ray Henderson and Leslie Sarony
    Hold Everything (Oct 10, 1928 - Oct 05, 1929)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Ray Henderson
    George White's Scandals [1928] (Jul 02, 1928 - Jan 19, 1929)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Ray Henderson
    Excess Baggage (Dec 26, 1927 - Jun 30, 1928)
    Play, Original
    • Featuring songs by Ray Henderson
    Artists and Models [1927] (Nov 15, 1927 - Mar 24, 1928)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Gus Kahn and Ray Henderson
    Manhattan Mary (Sep 26, 1927 - May 12, 1928)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Ray Henderson
    Good News (Sep 06, 1927 - Jan 05, 1929)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Ray Henderson
    George White's Scandals [1926] (Jun 14, 1926 - Jun 18, 1927)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Ray Henderson
    George White's Scandals [1925] (Jun 22, 1925 - Nov 14, 1925)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Ray Henderson
    Tip Top (Oct 05, 1920 - May 07, 1921)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Richard Whiting, Fred Rose, Henry I. Marshall, Marion Sunshine, Ray Henderson, Louis Breau, Tom Brown and Jack Frost
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Henry I. Marshall, Marion Sunshine, Ray Henderson, Louis Breau, Tom Brown, Raymond Egan, Louis Harrison, Billy McCabe, Clarence Jennings and Jack Frost
    Dirty Dancing (Aug 21, 2014 - Jun 25, 2017)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman, Michael Lloyd, John D'Andrea, Erich Bulling, Franke Previte, John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz, Cole Porter, Ray Henderson, Lew Brown, B.G. DeSylva, Harry Warren, Berry Gordy Jr., Otis Redding, Clyde McPhatter, Gerald Wexler, Chong Lim, Conrad Helfrich, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Zilphia Horton, Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan, George Gordy, Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson, Louis A. Lou Perez, Jim Fuller, Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Ron Wilson, Mark Zappocosta, Margaret Cobb, Bruce Channel, Richard Barrett, Eleanor Bergstein, Herbert Russell, Consuelo Velázquez, Nat D. Ayer, Earl Edwards, Bernice Williams, Eugene Dixon, Mickey Baker, Ellas McDaniel, Sylvia Robinson, John Madara, David White, Guty Cárdenas, Ricardo López Méndez, Jane Brucker, Kenny Ortega, Neal Cavanaugh, Terry Fryer, Tom Graf, Fred Parris, Pablo Cairo, Patrick Swayze, Stacy Widelitz and Michael Goldman
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman, Franke Previte, John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz, Cole Porter, Ray Henderson, Lew Brown, B.G. DeSylva, Mack Gordon, Berry Gordy Jr., Otis Redding, Clyde McPhatter, Gerald Wexler, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Zilphia Horton, Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan, George Gordy, Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson, Louis A. Lou Perez, Mark Zappocosta, Margaret Cobb, Bruce Channel, Richard Barrett, Eleanor Bergstein, Herbert Russell, Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar, Clifford Grey, Earl Edwards, Bernice Williams, Eugene Dixon, Mickey Baker, Ellas McDaniel, Sylvia Robinson, John Madara, David White, Guty Cárdenas, Ricardo López Méndez, Jane Brucker, Kenny Ortega, Neal Cavanaugh, Terry Fryer, Tom Graf, Fred Parris, Pablo Cairo, Patrick Swayze, Stacy Widelitz and Michael Goldman
    Fosse (Sep 14, 1999 - Feb 17, 2002)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Ray Henderson, Cy Coleman, Neil Diamond, Harry Warren, Arthur Schwartz, Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, Cole Porter, Richard Whiting, Patrick S. Brady, Joseph Arrington, Jr., Lalo Schifrin, Ray Bauduc, Bob Haggart, Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, John Kander, Stephen Schwartz, Louis Prima, Jerry Jeff Walker, W. Benton Overstreet, Harry Ruby, Stanley Lebowsky, G. Harrell, Frederick Loewe and Leon Barry
    Good News (Dec 15, 1973 - Oct 20, 1974)
    Musical, Revival
    • Words & Music by B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson
Bullets Over Broadway (Apr 10, 2014 - Aug 24, 2014)
Musical, Original
  • Additional music by Harry DeCosta, Edwin Edwards, James D. LaRocca, W.H. Ragas, Anthony Sbarbaro, Larry Shields, Andy Razaf, Don Redman, Charles McCarron, Carey Morgan, Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Clarence Williams, Tausha Hammed, Fred Fisher, Joseph J. McCarthy, Sidney Arodin, Hoagy Carmichael, Ray Henderson, Cole Porter, Sam Theard, Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins, A. Harrington Gibbs, Joe Grey, Leo Wood, Milton Ager, Joe Young, W. Benton Overstreet, Perry Bradford, Roy Carew, Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams, Burt Clarke, George Clarke, Winston Tharp, Neil Moret, Richard Whiting and Arthur Swanstone
One Mo' Time (Mar 06, 2002 - Mar 24, 2002)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Shelton Brooks, Charles McCarron, Chris Smith, Armand J. Piron, Steve J. Lewis, Andy Razaf, Clarence Williams, Quenton Redd, Henry Troy, Hezekiah Jenkins, Ma Rainey, Toots Davis, Ed Stafford, Neil Moret, Edwin B. Edwards, James D. LaRocca, W.H. Ragas, Anthony Sbarbaro, Larry Shields, Alex Bellenda, Rousseau Semmois, Clarence Todd, Edward "Kid" Ory, Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Wesley Wilson, Artie Matthews, George W. Thomas, Oliver G. Wallace, H. Weeks, Spencer Williams, Eddie Green, J. Turner Layton, Bessie Smith, Harry Richman, Peter De Rose and Theo A. Metz
Fosse (Jan 14, 1999 - Aug 25, 2001)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Ray Henderson, Cy Coleman, Neil Diamond, Harry Warren, Arthur Schwartz, Irving Berlin, Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, Cole Porter, Richard A. Whiting, Patrick S. Brady, Joseph Arrington, Jr., Lalo Schifrin, Ray Bauduc, Bob Haggart, Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, John Kander, Stephen Schwartz, Jule Styne, Louis Prima, Leon Barry, Jerry Jeff Walker, W. Benton Overstreet, Harry Ruby, Stanley Lebowsky, G. Harrell and Frederick Loewe
Big Deal (Apr 10, 1986 - Jun 08, 1986)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Ray Henderson, Abel Baer, Eubie Blake, Samuel W. Lewis, Joseph Young, Ted Fio Rito, Nacio Herb Brown, Richard Whiting, Fred Fisher, Jerome Kern, Don Raye, Hughie Prince, Eleanor Sheehy, Edward Farley, Michael Riley, Al Lewis, Milton Ager, Al Jolson, Spencer Williams, Dave Dreyer, Harry Warren, Lewis E. Gensler, Leonello Casucci, Hal Goering, Ben Bernie, Leonard Ware, Jerry Brandow, Willie Spottswood, Leonard Kent, Edward Robinson and Walter Donaldson
Good News (Dec 23, 1974 - Jan 04, 1975)
Musical, Revival
  • Music by Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva and Lew Brown
  • Lyrics by B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson
The Billy Barnes People (Jun 13, 1961 - Jun 17, 1961)
Musical, Original
  • Music arranged by Ray Henderson
  • Musical Supervisor: Ray Henderson
Mr. Wonderful (Mar 22, 1956 - Feb 23, 1957)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Sam Coslow, W. Franke Harling, Sid Kuller, Arthur Hammerstein, Dudley Wilkinson, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson, Cole Porter, Benny Davis, Harry Akst, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin and Gus Kahn
Ziegfeld Follies of 1943 (Apr 01, 1943 - Jul 22, 1944)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Ray Henderson
George White's Scandals [1936] (Dec 25, 1935 - Mar 28, 1936)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Ray Henderson
Say When (Nov 08, 1934 - Jan 12, 1935)
Musical, Original
Strike Me Pink (Mar 04, 1933 - Jun 10, 1933)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Ray Henderson
  • Produced by Ray Henderson
    See Full Producer List
  • Sketches by Lew Brown and Ray Henderson
  • Entire production supervised by Ray Henderson and Lew Brown
Hot-Cha! (Mar 08, 1932 - Jun 18, 1932)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Ray Henderson
  • Book by Mark Hellinger, H. S. Kraft, Ray Henderson and Lew Brown
George White's Scandals [1931] (Sep 14, 1931 - Mar 05, 1932)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Ray Henderson
Flying High (Mar 03, 1930 - Jan 03, 1931)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Ray Henderson
George White's Scandals [1929] (Sep 23, 1929 - Feb 08, 1930)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Ray Henderson
Follow Thru (Jan 09, 1929 - Dec 21, 1929)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Ray Henderson
Three Cheers (Oct 15, 1928 - Apr 13, 1929)
Musical, Original
  • Additional music by Ray Henderson and Leslie Sarony
Hold Everything (Oct 10, 1928 - Oct 05, 1929)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Ray Henderson
George White's Scandals [1928] (Jul 02, 1928 - Jan 19, 1929)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Ray Henderson
Excess Baggage (Dec 26, 1927 - Jun 30, 1928)
Play, Original
  • Featuring songs by Ray Henderson
Artists and Models [1927] (Nov 15, 1927 - Mar 24, 1928)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Gus Kahn and Ray Henderson
Manhattan Mary (Sep 26, 1927 - May 12, 1928)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Ray Henderson
Good News (Sep 06, 1927 - Jan 05, 1929)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Ray Henderson
George White's Scandals [1926] (Jun 14, 1926 - Jun 18, 1927)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Ray Henderson
George White's Scandals [1925] (Jun 22, 1925 - Nov 14, 1925)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Ray Henderson
Tip Top (Oct 05, 1920 - May 07, 1921)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Richard Whiting, Fred Rose, Henry I. Marshall, Marion Sunshine, Ray Henderson, Louis Breau, Tom Brown and Jack Frost
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Henry I. Marshall, Marion Sunshine, Ray Henderson, Louis Breau, Tom Brown, Raymond Egan, Louis Harrison, Billy McCabe, Clarence Jennings and Jack Frost
Dirty Dancing (Aug 21, 2014 - Jun 25, 2017)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman, Michael Lloyd, John D'Andrea, Erich Bulling, Franke Previte, John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz, Cole Porter, Ray Henderson, Lew Brown, B.G. DeSylva, Harry Warren, Berry Gordy Jr., Otis Redding, Clyde McPhatter, Gerald Wexler, Chong Lim, Conrad Helfrich, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Zilphia Horton, Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan, George Gordy, Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson, Louis A. Lou Perez, Jim Fuller, Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Ron Wilson, Mark Zappocosta, Margaret Cobb, Bruce Channel, Richard Barrett, Eleanor Bergstein, Herbert Russell, Consuelo Velázquez, Nat D. Ayer, Earl Edwards, Bernice Williams, Eugene Dixon, Mickey Baker, Ellas McDaniel, Sylvia Robinson, John Madara, David White, Guty Cárdenas, Ricardo López Méndez, Jane Brucker, Kenny Ortega, Neal Cavanaugh, Terry Fryer, Tom Graf, Fred Parris, Pablo Cairo, Patrick Swayze, Stacy Widelitz and Michael Goldman
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman, Franke Previte, John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz, Cole Porter, Ray Henderson, Lew Brown, B.G. DeSylva, Mack Gordon, Berry Gordy Jr., Otis Redding, Clyde McPhatter, Gerald Wexler, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Zilphia Horton, Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan, George Gordy, Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson, Louis A. Lou Perez, Mark Zappocosta, Margaret Cobb, Bruce Channel, Richard Barrett, Eleanor Bergstein, Herbert Russell, Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar, Clifford Grey, Earl Edwards, Bernice Williams, Eugene Dixon, Mickey Baker, Ellas McDaniel, Sylvia Robinson, John Madara, David White, Guty Cárdenas, Ricardo López Méndez, Jane Brucker, Kenny Ortega, Neal Cavanaugh, Terry Fryer, Tom Graf, Fred Parris, Pablo Cairo, Patrick Swayze, Stacy Widelitz and Michael Goldman
Fosse (Sep 14, 1999 - Feb 17, 2002)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Ray Henderson, Cy Coleman, Neil Diamond, Harry Warren, Arthur Schwartz, Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, Cole Porter, Richard Whiting, Patrick S. Brady, Joseph Arrington, Jr., Lalo Schifrin, Ray Bauduc, Bob Haggart, Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, John Kander, Stephen Schwartz, Louis Prima, Jerry Jeff Walker, W. Benton Overstreet, Harry Ruby, Stanley Lebowsky, G. Harrell, Frederick Loewe and Leon Barry
Good News (Dec 15, 1973 - Oct 20, 1974)
Musical, Revival
  • Words & Music by B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson

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