Skitch Henderson (1918–2005) worked as a piano soloist on Frank Sinatra's and Bing Crosby's radio shows. Henderson began a longtime association with NBC in 1951, eventually appearing as pianist, ...

The converted barns of Hunt Hill Farm in New Milford are home to two Steinway concert grand pianos that have storied histories with musicians from around the world. For three weekends in May, the ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Skitch Henderson, the Grammy-winning conductor who lent his musical expertise to Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby before founding the New York Pops and becoming the first “Tonight Show ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Skitch Henderson, the Grammy-winning conductor who lent his musical expertise to Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby before founding the New York Pops and becoming the first "Tonight Show ...

Bounce, tap, stomp, slap, wiggle, giggle, snap—whatever it is you do when you hear music that makes you move, it will happen when you’ve got Skitch Henderson: Swinging With Strings in the CD player.

It was one of those oppressive mid-summer nights when the skies darken quickly and a single crash of thunder announces the torrents of rain that will follow. Five miles away there wasn’t a single ...

Skitch Henderson was a pianist and conductor whose career covered many styles of music, whether it be accompanying Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby, providing the orchestral backing for The Tonight Show ...

Skitch Henderson, who died Tuesday at 87, was a conductor and icon of popular music who, to his delight and dismay, owed his greatest fame to his two stints as bandleader on “The Tonight Show.” ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Skitch Henderson, the Grammy-winning conductor who lent his musical expertise to Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby before founding the New York Pops and becoming the first "Tonight Show ...

The 16-year-old was in Fargo, where he learned about a job for a pianist in Bismarck and hopped a freight train. He made a short-lived, unsuccessful diversion in Mandan to play with Buddy and His Pals ...

Skitch Henderson, the Grammy-winning conductor who lent his musical expertise to Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby before founding the New York Pops and becoming the first “Tonight Show” bandleader, died ...