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"Venus" is a song by Dutch rock band Shocking Blue, released as a single in the Netherlands in the summer of 1969. Written by Robbie van Leeuwen, the song topped the charts in nine countries.
Shocking Blue was a Dutch rock band formed in The Hague in 1967. They were part of the Nederbeat movement in the Netherlands.The band had a string of hit songs during the counterculture movement of the 1960s and early 1970s, including "Send Me a Postcard" and "Venus", which became their biggest hit and reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and many other countries during 1969 and 1970.
This is a set category.It should only contain pages that are Shocking Blue songs or lists of Shocking Blue songs, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories).
Maria Elisabeth Ender, better known as Mariska Veres (pronunciation ⓘ; 1 October 1947 – 2 December 2006), was a Dutch singer who was best known as the lead singer of the rock group Shocking Blue.
Shocking Blue is the debut studio album by Dutch rock band Shocking Blue, released in November 1967 on Polydor.This was the only album by the band with Fred de Wilde on lead vocals.
Robbie van Leeuwen (born 29 October 1944) is a Dutch musician [1] who was a guitarist, sitarist, background vocalist and main songwriter for multiple Dutch bands, including The Motions and Shocking Blue, with whom he recorded the worldwide hit "Venus".
The album is the group's first record with singer Mariska Veres. Robbie van Leeuwen acquired Veres in an attempt to ape the form of the female-fronted Jefferson Airplane. ...
"Venus" Shocking Blue: 34 "Instant Karma!" John Lennon: 35 "Patches" Clarence Carter: 36 "Lookin' out My Back Door" Creedence Clearwater Revival: 37 "Rainy Night in Georgia" Brook Benton: 38 "Something's Burning" Kenny Rogers & The First Edition: 39 "Give Me Just a Little More Time" Chairmen of the Board: 40 "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes ...