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CodeDS/UK/21218
NameWaterson MBE; Norma Christine (1939-2022); English musician
Variations of NameNorma Christine Waterson
Dates1939-2022
GenderFemale
Place of Birth/OriginHull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom (born)
BiographyNorma 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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