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

In the description of her superb 1994 memoir Faithfull, she was bedevilled by “grotesque contracts, lying, cheating crafty legalisms, mad and bungling managers and barbaric schedules”. Relief of a ...

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 ...

“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 ...

The daughter of a baroness and a British major (a spy during World War II), Marianne Faithfull — who died this week at 78 — was discovered by the Rolling Stones’ manager, Andrew Loog Oldham ...

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 ...

The Rolling Stones’ manager, Andrew Loog Oldham, discovered her, which lead to Mick Jagger (eventually her romantic partner) and Keith Richards co-penning her debut single “As Tears Go By.” ...