Some of the best classic rock songs are downright painful to hear at times. For example, Marianne Faithfull’s “As Tears Go By ...

The actress and Swinging London "It" girl of the 1960s was the subject of Rolling Stones songs including “Wild Horses” and ...

the ballad “As Tears Go By,” the first song Mick Jagger and Keith Richards wrote together. Although she was only 17 and sang in a voice that sounded frail and very young, Faithfull imbued the ...

Singer Marianne Faithfull, who famously dated Mick Jagger and rebooted her career after it was nearly derailed by drug ...

Following the news of iconic British singer and actress Marianne Faithfull’s death, the Rolling Stones have paid tribute to their longtime friend. The band’s official X account posted a throwback ...

"As Tears Go By" was her biggest hit ... mad Bohemians and opium-eaters,” she wrote in her 1994 book, “Faithfull: An Autobiography.” The fast lane had more than its share of bumps for ...

At around 18 years old she met Rolling Stones' manager, Andrew Loog Oldham who helped her release her debut album in 1965, which included the hit "As Tears Go By," a song co-written by Mick Jagger ...

He wrote in “2Stoned,” “From the moment ... Richards originally called “As Time Goes By.” The single “As Tears Go By” rocketed to No. 9 in the U.K., and for a year Faithfull was ...

Notably, her signature song “As Tears Go By” was the first to be written by Jagger, Keith Richards and their manager Andrew Loog Oldham (the band’s version then came out a year later).