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Betty Thatcher
real name Betty Mary Newsinger
Betty Thatcher is credited on 506 releases across 52 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1971–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
506
Credits
52
Albums
6
Decades active
70
In collections
Biography
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February 16, 1944 – August 15, 2011
Lyricist best known for her work with Renaissance.
Born as Betty Mary Newsinger, she married in 1972 to become Betty Brown, but divorced again in 1976.
Known as Betty Thatcher she changed her name back to Betty Newsinger in the 1980ies for obvious reasons.
She died of cancer in summer 2011.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
506 releases · 52 albums · active 1971–2025
- Performance · 1,241
- Other credits · 66
Studios: De Lane Lea Music Centre · Carnegie Hall · Abbey Road Studios · Nova Sound Studios, London
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Scheherazade And Other Stories
1975

A Song For All Seasons
1978

Live At Carnegie Hall
1976

Turn Of The Cards
1974

Novella
1977

Ashes Are Burning
1973

Prologue
1972

Azure D'or
1979

Illusion
1971

Shadow Of The Moon
1997

At The Royal Albert Hall Parts 1 & 2
1997

Tales Of 1001 Nights · Vol. II
1990

In The Beginning - Prologue / Ashes Are Burning
1978

On The Frontier
1973

A Sampler For Singles Only
1973

DeLane Lea Studios 1973
2015

Tuscany
2001

BBC Sessions
1999

Songs From Renaissance Days
1997

At The Royal Albert Hall Part 1
1997

At The Royal Albert Hall Part 2
1997

Da Capo
1995

The Other Woman
1994

First & Illusion
1992
Frequent collaborators
- Renaissance (4)
- Various
- Annie Haslam
- Blackmore's Night
- Louis Clark
- Shoot
- Judith Durham
- Michael Dunford's Renaissance
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