Libby Titus, Singer Who Co-Wrote ‘Love Has No Pride’ and Recorded in 1970s Before Marrying Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen, Dies at 77
variety.comChris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Libby Titus, a singer who recorded two albums in the late 1960s and ’70s before retiring from the music scene, later becoming the wife of Steely Dan‘s Donald Fagen, died Sunday at age 77.
No cause of death was given. Fagen announced her death on Steely Dan’s website. “My beautiful wife, Libby Titus Fagen, passed on October 13th surrounded by family,” he wrote. “Thanks for keeping us in your thoughts, and for respecting our privacy at this time.” Titus was the mother of singer-songwriter Amy Helm, whose father was Levon Helm, Titus’ partner in the late ’60s and ’70s.
Titus’ most famous and oft-recorded song was “Love Has No Pride,” co-written with Eric Kaz. It was lesser known for the version she released in 1977 than from the song’s plentiful covers, including recordings done in quick succession by Bonnie Raitt in 1972, Linda Ronstadt in 1973, and Tracy Nelson and Rita Coolidge in 1974.
The tune has also been covered by Rod Stewart, Billy Bragg, Rita Wilson, Jane Monheit and many others. Titus’ short career as a recording artist encompassed two albums, both of them self-titled.
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