Artist:Marianne Faithfull
Song:As Tears Go By
Album:20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marianne Faithfull
Marianne Faithfull scored her biggest hit with this 1965 cover of The Rolling Stones song As Tears Go By. This was her only US hit. She was a much bigger deal in England. She was born Dec. 29, 1946 in Hampstead, London, England. Her father was a British Intelligence officer. Her mother is from Hungarian nobility. She was a ballerina for Max Reinhardt. Marianne started out singing in coffeehouses. She attended a 1964 Rolling Stones launch party and their manager Andrew Loog Oldham signed her to Decca. As Tears Go By reached #9 on the British Singles chart and #22 on the Billboard Hot 100. She had three more top ten hits in England. But by the late 60s she was through because of a cocaine addiction. She was in a relationship with Mick Jagger from 1965-70. Despite a big music comeback with the 1979 album Broken English, she continued to have problems until she kicked the habit in 1986. Marianne continues to record today though she has done a lot of TV in England. This budget CD has all her chart singles. Here's Marianne Faithfull performing As Tears Go By 1965.
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