Marianne Faithfull, the songstress who helped spur music's British invasion and was a muse to the Rolling Stones, died Thursday at 78.

Marianna Faithfull's "As Tears Go By" is the polar opposite of a famous Rolling Stones song from the 1960s.

NEW YORK -- Marianne Faithfull, the British pop star, muse, libertine and old soul who inspired and helped write some of the Rolling Stones' greatest songs and endured as a torch singer and ...

Her most popular song, "As Tears Go By," was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones as well as the band's manager Andrew Loog Oldham. Released in 1964, the song reached No ...

Faithfull was first discovered at a London party by Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham, who introduced her to Jagger and Richards. Faithfull’s rendition of “As Tears Go By” hit the ...

Marianne Faithfull, the songstress who helped spur music's British invasion and was a muse to the Rolling Stones, died Thursday at 78.

Faithfull's best-known song — "As Tears Go By," written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards — spent nine weeks on the Billboard charts in late 1964 and early 1965, peaking at No. 9.

Marianne Faithful, British singer and actress whose hits included ‘As Tears Go By,' dies at 78 The singer, songwriter and actress was one of the most prominent female voices of the 1960s British ...