Billy Gibbons was able to fuse traditional blues with modern funk elements within ZZ Top, which was widely influenced by the music of Keith Richards.
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 video of a young Mick Jagger and Keith Richards performing “As Tears Go By,
Marianne Faithfull, the songstress who helped spur music's British invasion and was a muse to the Rolling Stones, died Thursday at 78.
The Rolling Stones were a rhythm and blues band. When singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards wrote a gentle ballad, When Tears Go By, they dismissed it as a "piece of tripe". So Oldham gave it to Marianne Faithfull.
From solo success with As Tears Go By to starring in films such as The Girl On A Motorcycle and inspiring the songs of the Rolling Stones, Marianne Faithfull’s unconventional shape-shifting approach to music and film made her one of the most recognisable figures of the 1960s.
She was so much part of my life for so long,” said Mick Jagger. ”She was a wonderful friend, a beautiful singer and a great actress.”
The Rolling Stones may have been a united front for generations, but that didn't mean Mick Jagger had to get along with absolutely everyone.
Marianne Faithfull died Thursday in London at age 78. The singer, actress and 'It' girl of 1960s London inspired — or wrote — numerous Rolling Stones songs.
The Swinging Sixties star turned punk rock and cabaret legend reinvented herself several times throughout her eventful life.
Faithfull was a singer, an actress and the one-time girlfriend of Mick Jagger. Deadline called Faithfull a muse to not only the Rolling Stones but also David Bowie. Faithfull’s father was a British intelligence officer and professor while her mother was the daughter of Austro-Hungarian nobleman.
She and Jagger began dating in 1966 and became one of the most glamorous and notorious couples of 1960s “Swinging London.”
British singer, actor and “crown princess” of the 1960s “Swinging London” scene, Marianne Faithfull has died, her spokesperson told BBC. She was 78.