Norma Waterson

Norma Waterson
MBE
Waterson at a Waterson:Carthy performance in Cranleigh, Surrey, in 2006
Background information
Born
Norma Christine Waterson

(1939-08-15)15 August 1939
Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died30 January 2022(2022-01-30) (aged 82)
GenresFolk
OccupationsSinger, songwriter, record producer
LabelsHannibal Records, Topic Records
Spouse
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(m. 1972)​
ChildrenEliza Carthy
Relatives
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Norma Christine Waterson MBE (15 August 1939 – 30 January 2022) was an English singer and songwriter, best known as one of the original members of The Watersons, a celebrated English traditional folk group. Other members of the group included her brother Mike Waterson and sister Lal Waterson, a cousin John Harrison and, in later incarnations of the group, her husband Martin Carthy.

Waterson was known as the "matriarch of the royal family of British folk music".

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