Bill Henderson

Born in Vancouver, Bill grew up in Western Canada and began earning a living as a musician while still in high school. He studied music at the University of British Columbia and in 1966 helped found THE COLLECTORS, one of the country’s most innovative musical groups. After two albums the group evolved into CHILLIWACK. Henderson is best known for his work with CHILLIWACK, one of Canada’s top recording acts in the 1970’s and 80’s. As lead singer, guitarist, producer and songwriter, Bill played a major role in the success of the twelve CHILLIWACK albums released from 1969 to 1985. Songs such as “”LONESOME MARY”, “CALIFORNIA GIRL”, “MY GIRL (GONE GONE GONE)”, “I BELIEVE”, and “WHATCHA GONNA DO”, garnered the band a host of awards and international acclaim. He has also built a solid reputation as an exciting solo performer. Bill’s talents as a record producer have been much sought after over the years. He has also been commissioned to music-direct and compose scores and songs for a number of theatre, film, and television productions. He was musical director for SESAME STREET CANADA (Vancouver) from 1989 to 1995. Bill was a director of the CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF RECORDING ARTS AND SCIENCES for six years and as a champion and defender of musical creator’s rights is current Past President of SOCAN, a founding member of the ARTISTS RIGHTS COALITION, and served as President of the SONGWRITERS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA for 5 years.