The singer, who died on Thursday at 78, spent decades in the spotlight exercising a very specific and subversive power.

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Marianne Faithfull is being remembered across the music industry after her death at 78. The late British rock icon was ...

“As Tears Go By” (1964) Already an “It Girl” at the height of the Swinging London era, Faithfull’s newly-found producer, Andrew Loog Oldham, famously wanted a song from his newest ...

Beatles legend Ringo Starr has confirmed that one long-standing rumor about his life is actually true. Starr, 84, dropped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday, January 28, to promote his new country and ...

She was discovered at a party in London by The Rolling Stones’ manager Andrew Loog Oldham in 1964 and was just 16 years old when “As Tears Go By” was released, according to her biography on ...

Blond, blue-eyed and beautiful, Faithfull had logged a low-key career as a London coffeehouse folk performer before she was discovered at 17 by the Rolling Stones’ manager Andrew Loog Oldham ...

Shortly after, she met Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham, who set her up with Jagger and Richards. Faithfull went on to have three other UK Top 10 singles in 1965, all of which also ...

Starting a career as a folk singer in the early ’60s, she made the acquaintance of Rolling Stones producer Andrew Loog Oldham, who introduced her to the band’s circle, and offered her “As ...

Andrew Loog Oldham, the brash young manager of the Rolling Stones, had noticed the striking Faithfull — then a 17-year-old blonde with shaggy bangs, full lips and a knowing glint in her big doe ...