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Marianne Faithfull (born 29th December 1946) is an English singer-songwriter and actress whose career spans more than four decades.

Faithfull was born in Hampstead, London, to a military officer father, Major Glynn Faithfull, and the Baroness Eva Erisso, a Viennese noblewoman of half Jewish and half noble Austrian descent, coming from the Habsburg dynasty. Faithfull attended a Roman Catholic girls school.

Faithfull began her singing career in 1964 after being discovered at a launch party for The Rolling Stones by pop music producer Andrew Loog Oldham. Her first hit, “As Tears Go By”, was written by Mick Jagger[1] and Keith Richards. She then released a series of successful singles, including “This Little Bird”, “Summer Nights”, and “Sister Morphine” (which she co-wrote with Jagger).

Faithfull married artist John Dunbar in 1965, and in that same year gave birth to a son named Nicholas. The marriage was short-lived however, and Faithfull began a much publicised relationship with Mick Jagger. The relationship with Jagger lasted throughout the late 1960s. After they split up in 1970, Faithfull briefly stopped recording and nursed a drug addiction. She moved to Dublin in the middle of the 1970s, and had quite a success with “Dreaming My Dreams”, which reached the top of the Irish pop charts.
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  • Estranged_Ann

    House Of The Rising Sun by her is amazing.

    29 Apr 5:49pm Reply

  • thetimeiisnow

    definitely Classic Rock :)

    3 Apr 6:07pm Reply

  • Shatakan

    I think "Classic Rock" is going a bit too far

    12 Feb 2:04am Reply

  • xfeelinsinister

    http://www.mediafire.com/?gt91xgwimb2b3j3

    3 Feb 3:07pm Reply

  • rainy-dog

    the original mix of broken english is really interesting. i'm not sure if i'll grow to prefer any of the songs to the finally released versions but the initial impression i got was that without the synths (which i love), the intricacies of the musicianship really stood out for the first time. it's not too dissimilar to what fleetwood mac were doing around the same time.

    29 Jan 10:46pm Reply

  • Congolese

    Foto z Marianne na Popvictims.pl: http://popvictims.pl/foto-z-plyta/41-50/foto-nr-47/

    18 Dec 2012 Reply

  • maybemaggie

    she still IS a beauty.

    15 Dec 2012 Reply

  • luxate

    love the current default picture

    7 Dec 2012 Reply

  • Who_Scared_You

    she was a beauty x3

    2 Dec 2012 Reply

  • Matth_Jones

    I really like her.

    28 Nov 2012 Reply

  • elesde86

    i just found her on last.fm,amazing voice!

    27 Nov 2012 Reply

  • karish12

    MY TOP 7 AND PLEASE HEAR THEM WELL PEASE 1 FALLING FROM GRASE 2 SO SAD 3 WORKING CLASS HEROES 4 SAD LISA 5 ANGEL 6 The Ballad of Lucy Jordan 7 AS REARS GO BY

    22 Nov 2012 Reply

  • rainy-dog

    also, i can't believe i JUST found out that broken english is finally getting a deluxe reissue with a 2nd disc comprising of the original less synthy mixes of the songs and the 7" and 12" tracks from the related singles. plus the full short film by derek jarman with marianne walking around trafalgar square and playing space invaders and stuff. very excited.

    19 Nov 2012 Reply

  • rainy-dog

    i've always had a huge soft spot for "a secret life", personally. marianne's fatalistic lyrics mixed with badalamenti's noir-ish, theatrical production is beautiful, dark and immensely atmospheric. i love the "rich kid blues" album almost as much for the lo-fi country instrumentation and marianne's at-death'-door vocals. very sad, a bit painful, but beautiful.

    19 Nov 2012 Reply

  • frostiblack

    @blyth_19 Agreed, those are all STELLAR albums, my favourite 3 to be honest.

    8 Nov 2012 Reply

  • blyth_19

    @Deardeadfriend so true!!!!!

    19 Sep 2012 Reply

  • Deardeadfriend

    Her Dylan cover of "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" is superb. Couldn't stop listening in the past few days.

    16 Sep 2012 Reply

  • daulkim

    <3

    11 Sep 2012 Reply

  • rainy-dog

    her version of 'angel' on the new fleetwood mac tribute album is gorgeous.

    26 Jul 2012 Reply

  • blyth_19

    Before The Poison, Broken English and Kissin' Time would have to be my favourite albums.. I identify so much with the punk rage and defiance of Broken English.

    18 Jul 2012 Reply
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