Helen Watson (singer-songwriter)

Helen Watson
Origin	Manchester, England, UK
Genres	Folk, blues, soul, jazz, pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Years active	1960s–present
Labels	EMI/Columbia, RCA Records, Building Records, Fledg'ling Records
Associated acts	Carmel, Suns of Arqa, Andy Fairweather-Low, Black
Website	Official website

Helen Watson is an English singer-songwriter. Her music encompasses blues, soul, jazz, pop and folk.

Born in Manchester, she began performing on the folk-club circuit during the late 1960s whilst working as a teacher in Manchester. During the 1970s and 1980s she was a singer with blues band Loose Lips and a member of the Manchester quartet Well Knit Frames, which also included Martin McGroarty (who would become her regular writing partner). Watson was also a backing singer with Carmel on an extensive world tour. She sang on several of Suns of Arqa's early LPs (Musical Revue, Wadada Magic, India?) which were released between 1983 and 1984.

Watson made a demo tape with McGroarty which found its way to Keith Hopwood at Pluto Music. Hopwood signed Watson and introduced her to music publisher and manager Deke Arlon. Soon afterwards, Watson signed with EMI Records, releasing her debut album Blue Slipper in 1987. Produced by Glyn Johns, the record featured contributions from various notable musicians including Bill Payne, Richie Hayward, Paul Barrere, George Hawkins, Michael Landau, Steve Lukather and Bernie Leadon (the first time that members of Little Feat had played together since the death of Lowell George).

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