Marianne Faithfull (Image via Time Out)īy 1970, Faithfull was homeless and battling a heroin addiction and anorexia despite having been one of the most famous singers in the UK and previously releasing 5 studio albums. This eliminated her chance of getting royalties or any form of payment for the song. Their song “Sister Morphine” sparked a legal battle, with Richards and Jagger releasing the song in their own name despite Faithfull being listed as a co-writer. The Rolling Stones had previously written songs concerning Faithfull, specifically “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” and “Sympathy for the Devil”. “ A woman in that situation becomes a slut and a bad mother”. Faithfull says the incident destroyed her, and pointed out that when men were openly drug addicts it was commendable to act in this kind of way. She was found wearing only a rug while the London police were conducting a drug raid at Keith Richards home. The two began a heavily publicized relationship, and Faithfull started using a variety of drugs once the couple became a large part of the London Swinging scene. In 1964 she found herself writing her first big hit with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards titled “As Years Go By”.Īfter Faithfull ended her first marriage to John Dunbar shortly after giving birth to their child, she moved in with Mick Jagger. Then she was discovered by Andrew Loog Oldham at a Rolling Stones release party. As she began entering London’s social scene, she began meeting important producers and agents.
When Faithfull first stepped her foot in the music industry, she played folk shows in coffee shops. The album is widely considered her most successful after it rebooted her entire career. Marianne Faithfull, a popular British artist throughout the 1960’s and 70’s, released her seventh studio album “Broken English” in 1979.
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