Marianne Faithfull

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Born:
December 29, 1946, she's 65 and English.
Birthname:
Marian Evelyn Faithfull.
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An Artist with 55 releases, and credited 105 times on others' music. 35 collaborations and 1 musical relative.

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Marianne Evelyn Faithfull, Baroness Sacher-Masoch(born 29 December 1946) is an award winning English singer, songwriter and actress whose career has spanned over four decades. Her early work in pop and rock music in the 1960s was overshadowed by her struggle with drug abuse in the 1970s. During the first two thirds of that decade, and with little notice, she produced only two studio albums. After a long commercial absence, she returned late in 1979 with the landmark album, Broken English. Faithfull's subsequent solo work, often critically acclaimed, has at times been overshadowed by her personal history.

From 1966 to 1970, she had a highly-publicised romantic relationship with Rolling Stones' lead singer, Mick Jagger. Several of the group's best-known songs were inspired by Faithfull, such as Wild Horses. She wrote Sister Morphine which features on their Sticky Fingers album.

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151 releases – 55 under her own name and 105 credits on others' music Edit
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Faithfull admits she's an icon at the Q Awards

Oct, 28 2009

You’d be forgiven for thinking that if you felt so inclined, you could find a music award ceremony for every day of the year, and your gig for October 26 would have been the Q magazine awards. The British music magazine sits resolutely in the mainstream and casts a baleful eye backward to nostalgia, so there were few cutting edge announcements at the star studded ceremony. The freshest faces to receive an award were Mr Hudson -- named as the Best Newcomer -- and White Lies proclaimed as the Best New Act. However, the interesting names came with the special award categories which were reserved for some of the stalwarts of last few decades of the music scene. Sonic Youth were honored for their Innovation in Sound, UK ska band The Specials picked up the Q Inspiration Award and Yusuf Islam was named as the Classic Songwriter. Two of the most prestigious awards went to former Orange Juice singer Edwyn Collins – named as the Q Legend – and Marianne Faithfull who was crowned as the Q Icon. As a seasoned performer, Faithfull took all the adulation in her stride; when asked by Billboard.biz if she felt like an icon, she planted her tongue firmly in her cheek and said “"Of course I do! I've been an icon for ages” and advised pretenders to her crown to "Take a lot of rests, don't perform if you don't want to, live life and then come back."

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