Joe Henderson (pianist)
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Joe Henderson (* 2. May 1920 in Glasgow , Scotland ; † 4. May 1980 ) was a British pianist who during the 50s in the UK as Joe "Mr. Piano “Henderson gained great popularity.
Live and act
His mother taught Joe to play the piano; He became a professional musician at the age of 15 and played in dance bands. After the war he worked for the music publisher Peter Maurice . While working there, he met the singer Petula Clark in 1947 . In 1949 he introduced Petula to Alan A. Freeman , who was just starting a new record company, Polygon . It was there that Petula made her first recordings.
In 1955, Petula got the company boss to let Joe record his own records . That brought "Mr. Piano ”has two hits: Sing It With Joe (number 14 in the charts) and Sing It Again With Joe (number 18), both medley's popular hits .
It was around this time that Petula and Joe became a couple privately. The romance lasted a couple of years and culminated professionally with a weekly BBC radio series on which they appeared together. In 1994, a 14-minute medley was rediscovered in which Petula sings while Joe plays the piano. It was released on the album Petula Clark - The Nixa Years Volume 2 . The recording is believed to be from 1958.
The public was already speculating about Joe and Petula's wedding. But as Petula pushed more and more into the public eye and was already on the way to becoming a star in France , as soon as in Great Britain, Joe ended the liaison. Allegedly he didn't want “Mr. Petula Clark ” . In 1962 he wrote a song about their breakup ( There's Nothing More to Say ) for Petula's LP In Other Words .
Joe's biggest hit was Trudie , which was number 14 in the record sales charts in 1958 and climbed to number 1 on the hit lists of sheet music sold (and was the biggest hit of the year on this so-called sheet music ). The song also won an Ivor Novello Award . After Trudie , however, only two smaller hits followed, Treble Chance (1959) and Ooh! La! La! (1960). All were named Joe “Mr. Piano ” published by Henderson .
In the 1960s and 1970s, Joe Henderson continued to release records and also gave concerts until he died of a heart attack two days after his 60th birthday .
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| SURNAME | Henderson, Joe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Henderson, Mr. Piano (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British piano player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glasgow , Scotland |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4th 1980 |