JANICE'S BLUES ALLEY PRESENTS
MICHAEL HENDERSON
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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 nubmer 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 10 R&B hit with "Take Me I'm Yours" for Buddah. Henderson recorded for Buddah from 1976 to 1983, earning his biggest hit in 1980 with "Wide Receiver," a number four hit. He moved to EMI in 1986. Henderson also 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 -- of All Music Guide.
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1976 Solid | |||
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01. Make Me Feel Better 02. Time 03. Let Love Enter 04. Treat Me Like a Man 05. Solid |
06. Be My Girl 07. You Haven't Made It to the Top 08. Valentine Love 09. Stay With Me This Summer | ||
1977 Goin' Places | |||
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01. Whip It 02. Goin' Places 03. Let Me Love You 04. I Can't Help It 05. I'll Be Understanding |
06. At the Concert 07. Won't You Be Mine 08. I Can't Help It (7" Version) 09. Won't You Be Mine (7" Version) 10. Let Me Love You (7" Version) | ||
1978 In the Night-Time | |||
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01. Take Me I'm Yours 02. We Can Go On 03. Happy 04. In The Night-Time |
05. Whisper In My Ear 06. Am I Special 07. Yours Truly, Discreet Identity 08. One to One | ||
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1979 Do It All (Expanded Edition) | |||
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01. Playing on the Real Thing 02. Everybody Wants to Know Why 03. To Be Loved 04. Do It All 05. In the Summertime |
06. Wait Until the Rain 07. Riding 08. Do It All (7" Version) 09. To Be Loved (7" Version) | ||
1980 Wide Receiver (Expanded Edition) | |||
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01. You're My Choice 02. Make Me Feel Like 03. Reach Out for Me 04. Wide Receiver 05. I Don't Need Anybody Else 06. What I'm Feeling (For You) 07. Ask the Lonely |
08. There's No One Like You 09. Prove It 10. Wide Receiver, Pt. I 11. Wide Receiver, Pt. II 12. We Are Here (to Geek) You Up (7" Version) 13. We Are Here (to Geek) You Up (12" Version) 14. Can We Fall in Love Again (7" Version) | ||
1981 Slingshot | |||
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01. Slingshot 02. Never Gonna Give You Up 03. Can't We Fall in Love Again 04. Take Care |
05. Make It Easy on Yourself 06. (We Are Here to) Geek You Up 07. In It for the Goodies 08. Come to Me | ||
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1983 Fickle (Expanded Edition) | |||
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01. Fickle 02. Feeling Like Myself Once Again 03. One Step at a Time 04. Thin Walls 05. You Wouldn't Have to Work at All 06. Assault with a Friendly Weapon |
07. Love Will Find a Way 08. Whip It 09. Fickle (7" Version) 10. Fickle (7" Instrumental Version) 11. Fickle (12" Long Instrumental Version) | ||
1986 Bedtime Stories | |||
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01. She's A Tearjerker 02. Tonight I Give In 03. Do It To Me Good (Tonight) 04. Bedtime Story |
05. Show Some Emotion 06. Back In Love Again 07. Listen 08. Tin Soldier | ||
