Rolling Stones Women: Marsha Hunt

Marsha Hunt

Name: Marsha Hunt
DOB: April 15, 1946
Where: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Years Active: 1960s-present
Spouse: Mike Ratledge(1967-present)
Website: http://www.huntmarsha.com/

-American singer, novelist, actress, and model

Early Life
-Her mother was her primary parent and worked as a librarian in a local library. Her father, Blaire Theodore hunt Jr. was one of America's first black psychiatrists, but did not live with Hunt and when she was 15, she found out her father killed himself 3 years prior.
-While Hunt was poor, she credits her experience with teaching to not be materialistic. In 1964, she went to University of California at Berkeley, where she met Jerry Rubin, who was participating in marches against the Vietnam War.

Move to London
-In February 1966, Hunt moved to Britain and for a time lived in Edinburgh.
-She says that London in the 1960s, anything seemed possible

Relationship with Mick Jagger
-She said in 1991 that she met Mick Jagger when The Rolling Stones asked Hunt to pose for an ad for their single "Honky Tonk Women", which she refused to do because she "didn't want to look like she just been had by all The Rolling Stones". Jagger then called her later and their 9-10 month affair started. According to Christopher Sanford's book Mick Jagger: Rebel Knight, Hunt told journalists that it was Mick Jagger's shyness and awkwardness that won her over, but their relationship was done in private because their social scenes were different. In London, nov. 1970, Hunt gave birth to Karis Hunt Jagger, their first and only child.

-When Karis was only 2, Hunt asked the courts for an affiliation order against Jagger. He called the suit "silly", he has been close to Karis since then; he took her on holiday with his family when she was a teen, attended her Yale graduation and her 2000 wedding, and he was at the hospital for the birth of her son in 2004. As of 2008, he continued to see her and her family. Hunt says she still sees Jagger, but has a closer relationship with Jagger's mother. She says she left the door open for Jagger to come back and he did.

-In 2008, Hunt was asked about the story that appeared in this article that she met Jagger while at a party in the 60s and told him she wanted to have his baby. Hunt says it's bull crap.

L-R: Joe Jagger, Mick Jagger, Karis Jagger, Elizabeth Jagger

Brown Sugar
-Christopher Sanford writes in his book Mick Jagger that when the Stones released the single "Brown Sugar", there was immediate suspicion that the song was about Hunt or singer Claudia Lennear. In her 1985 autobiography, Real Life, Hunt said that "Brown Sugar" is about her, among a few other songs.

Personal Life
-In 2004, she was battling breast cancer. After surgery, this resulted in her losing her right breast

Rolling Stones Women: Anita Pallenberg

Anita Pallenberg

Name: Anita Pallenberg
DOB: Jan. 25, 1944
Where: Rome, Italy
Residence: London, England
Occupation: actress, fashion designer, artist, former model
Partner: Keith Richards
Children: Marlon Richards, Angela Richards, Tara Richards

-Italian born actress, model, fashion designer. She was the romantic partner of Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones and later on Keith Richards, who treated her like a princess. They dated from 1967-1979, with whom she has 2 surviving kids

Early Life
-Pallenberg was born in German-occupied Rome, the daughter of Armando Pallenberg, an Italian artist and Paula Wiederhold, a German secretary. Anita became fluent in 4 languages at an early age and studied medicine, picture restoration and graphic design.
-Got involved in the Living Theatre, where she would star in the play Paradise Now, which featured on-stage nudity.

Romantic involvements
-Known for her involvement with Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones, who she met in 1965 in Munich, and Keith Richards, who she left Jones for in 1967 while in Morocco. She remained in a relationship with Richards until 1980 even though they never married. There were also rumors that her and fellow Stones member Mick Jagger had an affair during the filming of the movie Performance. When Pallenberg found herself pregnant, Keith had the shocking possibility that the father might be Mick, since in the movie Performance, the sex scenes between Mick and Anita were not faked, so they really had sex.

Kids
-They have 3 kids together: son Marlon, daughter Angela, and a 2nd son, Tara who died in his crib 10 weeks after birth

Influence on the Rolling Stones
-She supposedly influenced the Rolling Stones from the late 1960s and through the 1970s.
-Jagger respected her opinion enough that tracks on Beggar's Banquet were remixed when Pallenberg criticised them. Pallenberg is credited with singing backup vocals on Sympathy for the Devil.
-In 1981, after Richards and Pallenberg had split up, Richards said that he still loved her, although he had met future wife Patti Hansen. In a 1985 Rolling Stone interview, Mick Jagger claimed that Pallenberg "nearly killed me" when he was asked whether The Rolling Stones had any responsibility for the drug addictions of people close to the band.

-Singer Marianne Faithfull, Jagger's 1960s girlfriend, remained a friend of Pallenberg's. They both appeared in an episode of the BBC comedy Absolutely Fabulous, in episode 4 "Donkey". Faithfull played God and Pallenberg played the Devil in a dream sequence that Edina Monsoon(Jennifer Saunders) has after a crash diet.

Filmography

Studio 54

Studio 54

Address: 254 West 54th Street
City: New York City
Owned  by: Roundabout Theatre Company

-Highly popular discotheque from 1977-1991.

Early Years
-Was originally the Gallo Opera House, built by Fortune Gallo in 1927 for his San Carlo Opera Company.
-In 1937, the Federal Theatre Project leased it for it's productions and changed the name to the Federal Music Theatre.

CBS Studio 52
-In 1943, CBS Radio bought the theatre to use it, renaming it Studio 52. They used this theatre for radio broadcasts.
-From the 1940s-1970s, they used the location for radio broadcasts and TV shows, such as:

1. What's My Line?
2. The $64,000 Question
3. Password
4. To Tell the Truth
5. Beat the Clock
6. The Jack Benny Show
7. I've Got a Secret
8. Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour
9. Captain Kangaroo

-In 1976, CBS moved most of it's broadcasts to the Ed Sullivan Theatre.

Nightclub era

-When CBS began marketing the building in 1976, various interests in art and fashion would show it being turned into a nightclub. 

-In 1977, Studio 54 was transformed into a nightclub by Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager. Took only 6 weeks and $400,000 to transform the once theatre into a hip nightclub

-Rubell and Schrager hired Ron Doud as interior designer and Brian Thompson as lighting designer. Jules Fisher and Paul Marantz, 2 well known Broadway theatrical set designers, helped convert the theatre into a dance floor and created moveable, theatrical sets and lights using the original theatrical fly rails.

-Within a month of it opening, it closed because it was selling liquor without a license. 

The Scene

-Among the many celebs to visit the club, some included:

Michael Jackson

Mick and Bianca Jagger

Rick James

Liza Minelli

Jerry Hall

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Cher

Deborah Harry

Famous celebs included

Diane Keaton

Frank Sinatra

Warren Beatty

Woody Allen

Henry Winkler

-Studio 54 was known for mixing normal people with celebrities.

-Studio 54 closed on February 4, 1980 with a big final party. Among the guests were Sylvester Stallone, Richard Gere, Jack Nicholson, Reggie Jackson, where Diana Ross serenaded the guests

Studio 54 Radio

-On August 15, 2011, Sirius XM Radio launched a 24/7 Disco channel based on the Studio 54 theme.

-On October 18, 2011, Sirius XM Radio held a special "One Night Only" party at the club's original location to promote the new channel. In order to win tickets, callers had to call into the station and share their memorable Studio 54 experiences. For the night, it featured the signature sun and "man on the moon" props, along with shirtless waiters. The event featured many of the original staff

-And also in the crowd were quite a few celebs, such as:

-Cameron Diaz

-Keith Richards

-Kevin Bacon

Rolling Stones Women: Marianne Faithfull

Marianne Faithfull

Name: Marian Evelyn Faithfull
DOB: Dec. 29, 1946
Where: Hampstead, London, England
Occupations: Singer, Songwriter, actress
Genres: rock, pop, jazz, folk, blues
Years Active: 1964-present
Website: http://www.mariannefaithfull.org.uk/

-Award winning English singer, songwriter and actress who has been around for 5 decades.
-Her early work was in pop and rock music in the 1960s, but in the 1970s led into drug abuse. In late 1979, she made an album that put her back on top, Broken English.
-From 1966-1970, she had a very public and high profile relationship with Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger. She also helped to co-write Ssiter Morphine on the Stones' Sticky Fingers album.

Early Life
-Her father, Robert Glynn Faithfull, was a British military officer and professor of psychology, and her mother, Eva von Sacher-Massoch, was originally a baroness from Vienna.
-Her maternal great great uncle was Leopold von Sacher-Massoch, whose erotic novel Venus in Furs, inspired the word masochism.

Music Career/Personal Life
-Her singing career began in 1964. She attended a Rolling Stones concert, where her first major hit, As Tears Go By, was written by Jagger and Richards.
-In 1966, she began a high profile relationship with Mick Jagger. At a house in Redlands, British police found her only to be wearing a fur rug around her naked body.
-She lived on London's Soho streets for 2 years, suffering from heroin addiction and anorexia.