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Betsy Cook
Betsy Cook is credited on 631 releases across 83 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1973–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
631
Credits
83
Albums
6
Decades active
252
In collections
Biography
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Betsy Cook is an American-born singer, songwriter and musician.
Since the late 1970s, she has worked mainly in the United Kingdom and collaborated with various British artists such as Gerry Rafferty, Ray Jackson, Lindisfarne, George Michael, Paul Young, Seal and Marc Almond.
She later became affiliated with the acclaimed producer Trevor Horn and worked on several of his projects in the late 1980s and early 1990s before releasing her own album, The Girl Who Ate Herself, in 1992.
As a songwriter, Cook was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1988 for the song "Telling Me Lies".
Married producer Hugh Murphy in 1980.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
631 releases · 83 albums · active 1973–2026
- Performance · 858
- Production · 51
- Other credits · 46
Studios: Sarm West Studios · Puk Recording Studios · Dreamhouse Studios · Soundworks, New York
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Faith
1987

Night Owl
1979

Trio
2016

Seal
1994

Liverpool
1986

Snakes And Ladders
1980

Believe
1998

Street Angel
1994

Tenement Symphony
1991

Seal & Seal II
1995

From Time To Time (The Singles Collection)
1991

Between Two Fires
1986

Enchanted
1990

Laughter, Tears And Rage
1988

Release
1983

Right Down The Line - The Best Of Gerry Rafferty
1989

The Complete Trio Collection
2016

Combined
2011

Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing
2006

Watching The Dark (The History Of Richard Thompson)
1993

North And South
1988

Back To The Centre
1986

Hard Station
1981

My Dear Companion: Selections From The Trio Collection
2016
Frequent collaborators
- Paul Young
- Various
- Stan Campbell
- Gerry Rafferty
- Linda Thompson
- Dolly Parton
- Paul Brady
- Mint Juleps
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