[1] He was one-third of a successful songwriting and music publishing team with Lew Brown and Buddy De Sylva from 1925 through 1930, responsible for several editions of the revue called George White's Scandals and such book musicals as Good News, Hold Everything!, and Follow Thru.

(a/k/a "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue"), "I'm Sitting on Top of the World", "Don't Bring Lulu" (all 1925), "The Birth of the Blues", "It All Depends on You" (both 1926), "The Varsity Drag", "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (both 1927), "You're the Cream in My Coffee", "Button Up Your Overcoat", "Sonny Boy" (all 1928), "You Are My Lucky Star", "I'm a Dreamer, Aren't We All", "(Keep Your) Sunny Side Up" (all 1929), "The Thrill Is Gone", "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" (both 1931), and "Animal Crackers in My Soup" (1935).

[1][3] Henderson also worked as an accompanist to song and dance acts in Vaudeville.

[1] Henderson died of a heart attack[2] in Greenwich, Connecticut on December 31, 1970, at the age of 74.

[2] In 2000, a revue of Henderson's music called It's the Cherries opened in New York City as the inaugural show of the American Composer Series.