Description
Billy Henderson was an American singer, best known for being an original member and founder of The Spinners, a soul vocal group.
The Spinners were formed in 1954 by five friends in High School while growing up in Royal Oak Township Michigan USA. They had several hits, especially in the 1970s, such as "I'll Be Around" and "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love", "Then Came You", "The Rubberband Man," and "It's a Shame."
"It's a Shame" is a song co-written by Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright and Lee Garrett and produced by Wonder as a single for The Spinners on Motown's V.I.P. Records label. [1] The single became the Detroit-reared group's biggest single on the Motown Records company since they had signed with the company in 1964 and also their biggest hit in a decade. The lineup of the Spinners included original members Pervis Jackson, Henry Fambrough, Billy Henderson and Bobby Smith and lead vocalist G.C. Cameron. The quintet recorded the single in 1970.
Born
August 9th, 1939 in Indianapolis / Died: Feb 2nd, 2007 - at the age of 67, complication from diabetes
Last Changes
2007/02/04
The celebrity has been marked as passed away