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  2. Venus (Shocking Blue song) - Wikipedia

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    Titled "Venus '90", the remix featured a hip house rhythm and samples. "Venus '90" reached number 78 on the UK Singles Chart and number 49 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. [123] [20] An instrumental version was also released independently under the producer's alias, Don Pablo's Animals, without referencing Shocking Blue. The instrumental ...

  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. Mariska Veres - Wikipedia

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    In 1968, she was invited to join Shocking Blue to replace lead singer Fred de Wilde, who had to join the army. In 1969/1970 Shocking Blue gained worldwide fame with the hit single "Venus". [3] The month of their arrival in the United States gossip columnist Earl Wilson referred to Veres as a 'beautiful busty girl'.

  5. Category:Shocking Blue songs - Wikipedia

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    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). Topics about Shocking Blue songs in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .

  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. List of performances on Top of the Pops - Wikipedia

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    Shocking Blue – "Venus" Vanity Fare – "Hitchin' a Ride" White Plains – "My Baby Loves Lovin'" The Who – "The Seeker" Pickettywitch – "That Same Old Feeling", "It's Like a Sad Old Kinda Movie", "Baby I Won't Let You Down" T. Rex – "Ride a White Swan" Elton John – "Border Song" The Beach Boys – "Tears in the Morning" Arrival ...

  8. Curtis Lowe - Wikipedia

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    Curtis Sylvester Lowe Sr. (November 15, 1919 – October 29, 1993) was an American jazz saxophonist. Lowe was born in Chicago, Illinois in November 1919, and raised in Oakland, California . While he is best known professionally as a tenor and baritone saxophonist, he first learned to play soprano saxophone as a youth.

  9. 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.