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  2. Venus (Shocking Blue song) - Wikipedia

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    The scene takes place in 1967, well before the song was released in 1969. [126] [127] Bananarama's cover of "Venus" was featured in the 2011 video game Just Dance 3. [128] The song has been used in commercials for Gillette Venus Women's Razor since c. 2001. [11] In 2023, the song appeared as part of the soundtrack of the comedy-drama film, The ...

  3. Shocking Blue - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. At Home (Shocking Blue album) - Wikipedia

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    At Home is the second studio album by Dutch rock band Shocking Blue, released in 1969 on the Pink Elephant label. It is their first album to feature Mariska Veres , the group's signature frontwoman and lead singer.

  5. Moonflight (song) - Wikipedia

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    "Moonflight" is a song written and originally recorded by Vik Venus (Alias: Your Main Moon Man) in 1969. It is a 'break-in' song, with popular hits of the day interspersed at humorous points throughout the song in response to spoken-word prompts, in the style of Dickie Goodman, who had many such hits.

  6. Robbie van Leeuwen - Wikipedia

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    In 1967 he founded the band Shocking Blue, which had a No. 1 hit in 1969 with the single "Venus". His best-known compositions are Shocking Blue's most famous songs: "Venus", which was a US and UK No. 1 hit and was later covered by Bananarama and "Love Buzz", covered by Nirvana and released as their first single, and "Daemon Lover". [4]

  7. Frankie Avalon - Wikipedia

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    Francis Thomas Avallone (born September 18, 1940), [2] better known as Frankie Avalon, is an American singer, actor and former teen idol. [1] [3] He had 31 charting U.S. Billboard singles from 1958 to late 1962, including number one hits, "Venus" and "Why" in 1959.

  8. List of songs recorded by the Velvet Underground - Wikipedia

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    A performance of the song in July 1968 in San Diego at The Hippodrome is mentioned in the article "Dead Lie the Velvets, Underground" by Lester Bangs. The refrain to the song is reportedly: "sweet rock and roll, it'll cleanse your soul". Sterling Morrison also contends that the song was a "preamble" to "Sister Ray". [5] [4] "Wild Child"

  9. Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1969 - Wikipedia

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    Marvin Gaye had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1969. [1] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 27, 1969, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January 4 through December 13, 1969.