The Sixties singer and Mick Jagger girlfriend died today in London aged 78.
Austrian-Jewish on her mother’s side, Marianne grew up in the north of England in considerable poverty.
Starting out as a folk singer, her breakthrough hit As Tears Go By had strings and oboe accompaniment.
Later in life, she imitated Lotte Lenya in Kurt Weill songs and was dismayed to be excluded from the classical charts.
The post Marianne Faithfull, RIP appeared first on Slippedisc.
The flamboyant Richard LLugner who drew tabloid attention to the fusty Vienna Opera Ball by paying millions to Kardashian-type celebs to turn out as his date, has pranced his final waltz. A construction billionaire, Lugner […]
Jan Younghusband (Photo: BYO) At a time of challenge in arts funding, British Youth Opera (BYO) has bravely soldiered on, providing support, training and opportunity for young singers fresh out of college. BYO’s recent Summer […]
AskonasHolt has signed the Chinese pianist Junyan Chen, who came second in the recent Leeds competition. The winner, Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, is already represented by Monika Felkel’s NY boutique agency. Junyan played a blinder in Rach […]
