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Vocalist/bassist
Michael Henderson has enjoyed successful careers as a player and performer. He moved from Yazoo City, Mississippi, to Detroit in the early '60s, and was a session player. As a 13-year-old,
Henderson played bass with
the Fantastic Four,
Detroit Emeralds,
Billy Preston, and other Motown acts in 1964 and 1965. He later toured with
Stevie Wonder and
Aretha Franklin before joining
Miles Davis.
Henderson played and toured with
Davis for seven years. When he met drummer/producer
Norman Connors,
Henderson pitched him some songs.
Connors recorded "Valentine Love" on his
Saturday Night Special LP, featuring
Henderson with
Jean Carne. This was his vocal debut, and it reached number ten on the R&B chart.
Henderson wrote two other hits for the LP, "We Both Need Each Other" and "You Are My Starship," which peaked at number four.
Those successes landed
Henderson his own Buddah deal in 1976, and in 1978 he got his first Top Ten R&B hit with "Take Me I'm Yours" for Buddah. He recorded for Buddah from 1976 to 1983, earning his biggest hit in 1980 with "Wide Receiver," a number four hit.
Henderson moved to
EMI in 1986. He recorded "Can't We Fall in Love Again" with
Phyllis Hyman on her own LP, and sang with
Bobby Womack and
Johnnie Taylor, as well as producing
the Dramatics. He also helped discover
Cherrelle, who was his next-door neighbor in the late '70s. She sang background and toured with him for four years. ~ Ron Wynn