Benjamin Brian Watt (born 6 December 1962) is an English musician, DJ, record producer and radio presenter, best known as one half of the duo Everything but the Girl.

EARLY YEARS
Born on December 6 1962 in London to Glaswegian jazz musician and bandleader, Tommy Watt, and journalist and feature writer, Romany Bain, it was in 1981 that Ben first appeared on London indie, Cherry Red, as a young nineteen-year-old experimental folk artist. His first single was produced by the maverick Kevin Coyne. With his second - 1982's 'Summer into Winter' EP - he coaxed alt-folk icon Robert Wyatt into collaborating on two tracks, and soon his work was drawing comparisons in the press to Tim Buckley and John Martyn. His guitar-playing also set him apart, taking non-rock inspiration from Martyn, Joao Gilberto, Nick Drake and Vinni Reilly resulting in rich folk-jazz voicings. His early work culminated in his debut album - 1983's 'North Marine Drive' (UK Indie Album Chart Top 10).

EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL
In 1983 he parked his solo plans and formed alt-pop duo Everything But The Girl with singer-writer-partner Tracey Thorn, after meeting each other at Hull University in late 1981. Over the next twenty years, they went on to record nine studio albums, scooping - among several international awards - one platinum and six gold discs in the UK. Commercial highpoints included the debut album 'Eden' (1984), 'Idlewild' (1988, including the UK Top 40 No. 3 hit 'I Don't Want To Talk About It'), 'The Language of Life' (1990, including US VH1 hit 'Driving'), 'Amplified Heart' (1994, including 1995's US Billboard Hot 100 No. 2 and UK Top 40 No. 3 'Missing') as well as the duo's best-selling interpretations of electronica in the mid-nineties - 'Walking Wounded' (1996), 'Temperamental' (1999), and the songs 'Protection' and 'Better Things' with Massive Attack. Everything But The Girl made their last appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2000.