The “It Girl” at the Party That Was Rock Music
Marianne Faithfull would go to the same parties that the Beatles and the Rolling Stones were invited to. In fact, at one of those parties, the Stones’ manager Andrew Loog Oldham went up to Faithfull and said, “I’m gonna make you a star, and that’s just for starters, baby!” In the following decades, Faithfull lived multiple lives.
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She’s taken herself on enviable, inspiring, and even downright destructive rides throughout her life. She went from being a pop music beginner in ’64 to headlining in ’65 to experiencing an awful one-night stand with Richards in ’66. As Mick Jagger’s muse and partner for several years, she was also known for rejecting Bob Dylan, being best friends with Anita Pallenberg, and dabbling in black magic.