Everything but the Girl
| Everything but the Girl | |
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Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt, 1996
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | EBTG |
| Origin | Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England |
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| Years active | 1982–2000 |
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| Website | Everything But The Girl |
| Past members |
Tracey Thorn Ben Watt |
Everything but the Girl (often shortened EBTG) were an English musical duo, formed in Hull in 1982, consisting of lead singer and occasional guitarist Tracey Thorn and guitarist, keyboardist, producer and singer Ben Watt. Everything But The Girl have received eight gold, and two platinum album BPI Certifications in the UK, and one gold album RIAA Certification in the US. They had four top ten singles and twelve top forty singles in the UK. Their biggest hit song Missing charted high in several countries and reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1995.
They are currently inactive, although vocalist Tracey Thorn hinted that they may perform again someday. They have not performed publicly since 2000.
Watt and Thorn are also a couple; they are very private about their relationship and personal life. For some time, it was not a publicised fact that they were a couple, or that they had married subsequently.
When Thorn and Watt met, they were both attending the University of Hull and both had contracted with the independent record company Cherry Red Records, as solo artists. Thorn was also a member of the trio Marine Girls. The pair each had solo album releases through Cherry Red: Thorn's 1982 LP was A Distant Shore, an eight-track mini-album. Watt's 1983 debut LP - the follow-up to his 1982 5-track EP Summer Into Winter featuring Robert Wyatt - was entitled North Marine Drive.
They formed a duo and adopted the name "Everything but the Girl" from the slogan used by the Hull shop Turner's Furniture on Beverley Road.
EBTG's debut single, a cover version of Cole Porter's "Night and Day", was released in June 1982. After steady sales and exposure from a compilation album entitled Pillows & Prayers, the single was re-issued in August 1983.
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