Elaine Waterson was born on 15 February 1943 in Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK. She was married to George Knight. She died on 4 September 1998 in Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire, England, UK.
Recordings with The Watersons: Frost and Fire (1965), For Pence and Spicy Ale (1975), Sound, Sound Your Instruments of Joy (1977); with Michael Waterson : Bright Phoebus (1972); with her son, Oliver Knight: Once in a Blue Moon' (1996), A Bed of Roses (1999)