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=== 1960s === [[File:As Tears Go By - Cash Box ad 1964.jpg|thumb|''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'' advertisement, 19 September 1964]] Faithfull began her singing career in 1964. Her first gigs as a [[folk music]] performer were in coffeehouses<ref name="autobio">Faithfull, Marianne. ''Faithfull: An Autobiography'' Boston: Little, Brown; 1994. {{ISBN|0-316-27324-4}}</ref> and she soon began taking part in London's exploding social scene. In early 1964 she attended a Rolling Stones launch party with artist [[John Dunbar (artist)|John Dunbar]] and met [[Andrew Loog Oldham]], who 'discovered' her. "[[As Tears Go By (song)|As Tears Go By]]",<ref>{{YouTube|id=_phZZgkT1Jk&list=PL4EE73C317CAB2ED7}}</ref> her first single, was written and composed by [[Jagger/Richards|Jagger, Keith Richards]], and Oldham, and became a chart success. (The Rolling Stones recorded their version one year later, which was also successful.)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/as-tears-go-by-mt0004692005|title=As Tears Go By|website=Allmusic|author=Ruhlmann, William|access-date=22 October 2016|archive-date=7 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407123441/https://www.allmusic.com/song/as-tears-go-by-mt0004692005|url-status=live}}</ref> She then released a series of successful singles, including "This Little Bird", "Summer Nights", and "[[Come and Stay with Me]]".<ref name="autobio"/> Faithfull married John Dunbar on 6 May 1965 in Cambridge, with [[Peter Asher]] as the best man.<ref name = "BeatlesE">{{Cite book | author=Harry, Bill| title=The Beatles Encyclopaedia (2000 paperback edition; first published 1992) | year=2000 | publisher=Virgin Publishing | location=London | isbn=0-7535-0481-2 | page=403}}</ref> The couple lived in a flat at 29 Lennox Gardens in [[Belgravia]], London SW1.<ref name = "BeatlesE"/> On 10 November 1965, she gave birth to their son, Nicholas.<ref name = "BeatlesE"/> In 1966 she took Nicholas to stay with [[Brian Jones]] and [[Anita Pallenberg]] in London. During this period, Faithfull started smoking [[marijuana]] and became best friends with Pallenberg. She began a much-publicised relationship with Mick Jagger that same year and left her husband to live with him. The couple became a notorious part of the hip [[Swinging London]] scene. Her voice is heard on [[The Beatles]]' song "[[Yellow Submarine (song)|Yellow Submarine]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beatlesebooks.com/yellow-submarine|title="Yellow Submarine" by The Beatles. The in-depth story behind the songs of the Beatles. Recording History. Songwriting History. Song Structure and Style.|website=Beatlesebooks.com|access-date=24 June 2019|archive-date=20 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220204334/http://www.beatlesebooks.com/yellow-submarine|url-status=live}}</ref> She was found wearing only a fur rug by police executing a drug search at [[Redlands, West Wittering|Redlands]], [[Keith Richards]]'s house in [[West Wittering]], Sussex. In an interview 27 years later with [[A.M. Homes]] for ''Details'', Faithfull discussed her wilder days and admitted that the drug bust fur rug incident had ravaged her personal life: "It destroyed me. To be a male drug addict and to act like that is always enhancing and glamorising. A woman in that situation becomes a slut and a bad mother." It was during this time that Faithfull lost three opportunities to appear in films. "I really thought I had blown my career."<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Künzler |first1=Hanspeter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7LKalwEACAAJ |title=50 Years the Rolling Stones: 1967–1971 : Essential Anthology on the Rolling Stones and Rock 'n' Roll History |last2=Würfl |first2=Matthias |date=2012 |publisher=eBook People GmbH |language=en}}</ref> In May 1967, [[Graham Nash]], who found Marianne Faithfull "unbelievably attractive," wrote and released the hit song "Carrie Anne" with [[The Hollies]], a track which started out as being about Faithfull.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9CSPFhQ5LM|title=The Real Reason The Hollies Clashed with Graham Nash in 1968|date=4 February 2025|via=YouTube|access-date=6 February 2025|archive-date=5 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250205075447/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9CSPFhQ5LM&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref>{{better source|reason=YouTube is not a reliable source (WP:RSPYT)|date=February 2025}} In 1968, Faithfull, by now addicted to [[cocaine]], gave birth to a stillborn daughter (whom she had named Corrina) while returning from Jagger's country house in Ireland.<ref name="autobio" /><ref name="Marianne Biography">{{cite web |url=http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/faithfull-marianne-biography |title=Marianne Biography |website=Enotes.com |access-date=1 May 2011 |archive-date=22 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122040201/http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/faithfull-marianne-biography |url-status=live }}</ref> [[File:Fanclub1966MarianneFaithfull3.jpg|thumb|left|Faithfull performing on the Dutch TV programme ''Fanclub'' on 17 September 1966]] Faithfull's involvement in Jagger's life was reflected in some of the Rolling Stones' best known songs. "[[Sympathy for the Devil]]", featured on the 1968 album ''[[Beggars Banquet]]'', was partially inspired by ''[[The Master and Margarita]]'', written by [[Mikhail Bulgakov]], a book that Faithfull introduced to Jagger. The song "[[You Can't Always Get What You Want]]" on the 1969 album ''[[Let It Bleed]]'' was supposedly written and composed about Faithfull; the songs "[[Wild Horses (The Rolling Stones song)|Wild Horses]]" and "[[I Got the Blues]]" on the 1971 album ''[[Sticky Fingers]]'' were allegedly influenced by Faithfull, and she co-wrote "[[Sister Morphine]]". The writing credit for the song was the subject of a protracted legal battle that was resolved by listing Faithfull as co-author. In her autobiography, Faithfull said Jagger and Richards released it in their own names so that her agent would not collect all the royalties and proceeds from the song, especially as she was homeless and addicted to heroin at the time. In 1968, Faithfull appeared in ''[[The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus]]'' concert, giving a solo performance of "Something Better".<ref name="autobio"/> [[File:MichaelCooper1967BenMerk.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Michael Cooper (photographer)|Michael Cooper]], [[Mick Jagger]], Marianne Faithfull, [[Shepard Sherbell]], [[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]], and [[Brian Jones]] at the [[Royal Concertgebouw]] on 1 September 1967]]
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