Henderson later said that as a member of MGM's music department, he worked with Garland to learn " Over the Rainbow" during rehearsals for The Wizard of Oz and played piano for her first public performance of the song at a local nightclub before the film was finished.
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Henderson would later recount learning the ropes by playing in taverns with popular singers of the day.Īfter starting his professional career in the 1930s playing piano in the roadhouses of the American Midwest, Henderson's major break came when he was an accompanist on a 1937 MGM promotional tour featuring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney.
Although he did not receive formal conservatory education in music, Henderson received classical training under Fritz Reiner, Albert Coates, Arnold Schoenberg, Ernst Toch and Arturo Toscanini, who invited him to conduct the NBC Symphony Orchestra. His aunt taught him piano, starting at the age of four. After his mother died when he was two in 1920, he was raised in Halstad by his aunt Hattie Henderson Gift and uncle Frank Gift. However, he was born in the town of Halstad in northwest Minnesota in 1918 to Joseph and Josephine (Scheie) Henderson, both of Norwegian descent.
Early years Īs his career developed, Henderson often claimed to have been born in Birmingham, England, also adding "Cedric" to his name. Bing Crosby suggested that he should use the name professionally.
His nickname "Skitch" came from his ability to "re-sketch" a song in a different key. Lyle Russel " Skitch" Henderson (January 27, 1918 – November 1, 2005) was a pianist, conductor, and composer.
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