There is more than one artist with this name, including: 1) Mary Hampton is a British writer, performer and promoter of songs living in Brighton, England. 2) Mary Hampton is an American gospel singer. 1) Mary Hampton is a British writer, performer and promoter of songs living in Brighton, England. While reading 20th Century Music at University, she heard something very strange on a friend’s mixtape in between Frank Zappa and Penderecki. It was an English folksong...The Snow it Melts the Soonest by Anne Briggs. Read more on Last.fm