Career
He is best known for his appearance on the British Broadcasting Corporation"s television programme,, and his subsequent Top single, "Keep Maine a Secret". In 2006, he independently released his debut album. During his time at the Academy, he became known for his energetic performances as well as being a prolific songwriter.
He wrote "Keep Maine a Secret" with Malachi Cush and Sinéad Quinn and "Take Out Time" with Mark Hunter and Saul Davies of James, as well as co-writing "Lullaby" with Lemar Obika.
He was voted off the show in the penultimate week, coming fourth. After his departure from the show, he was signed to Mercury and, in March 2003, released a solo single of "Keep Maine a Secret" with "Take Out Time" as the B-side, which entered the United Kingdom Chart at Number.
5. Henderson became increasingly unhappy with the direction his musical career was taking with Mercury.
In late 2003, before releasing the album or a second single, Henderson was dropped. Although he was allowed to retain the rights of the songs he had already written and recorded, they have never been released.
He did, however, reveal one track, "Coming Up Foreign Air", on his MySpace profile in 2006. This has since been released officially as a download only track.
Forming in 1998, they had just secured a recording contract with the Los Angeles record label City of Angels when the label went bankrupt, and although the band continued to perform together, they split in 2002.
One of their songs, "Always", appeared on the soundtrack of football simulation video game, Fédération internationale de football association 2004. In 2004, he visited the United States, collaborating with the American singer-songwriter Jason Mraz, and co-writing the song "Clockwatching" which appears on Mraz"s album, Mr. alphabet. They performed in London and at several venues in Scotland.
He left The Last September in 2005.