Finis Henderson III is an American singer and comedian who had a hit with "Skip to My Lou" in 1983 which remained in the charts for over three months.
He was also the lead singer of the group Weapons of Peace and performed on their hits "Just Can't Be That Way (Ruth's Song)" and "City".
[3] His father Finis Henderson Jr. was a promotor manager for Sammy Davis Jr., Redd Foxx, Brook Benton, Jerry Butler and the Dells.
[10][11][12][13] Charles Franklin and Randy Hardy, and Finis Henderson, Jr. wrote "City"[14] which was also recorded by Weapons of Peace.
47 and at its seventh week in the Cash Box Top 100 Black Contemporary Singles chart and moving upwards,[25] his album debuted at no.
[27][28] It was reported by Jet in the magazine's 7 February 1983 issue that Henderson was off to Chile to pick up first prize for his song "The Message" that was co-written with Al McKay.
[29] In later years Finis Henderson has worked as a music impressionist covering Sammy Davis, Michael Jackson, Willie Nelson, Julio Iglesias.
In an article in the Sierra Madre News, it was noted that Henderson was once in an improv group with Andrew Dice Clay.
It was pointed out that if the name of Clay was setting off alarms, there was nothing to worry about as Henderson's act was clean and didn't contain profanity.