Shocking Blue - Venus

Shocking Blue was a Dutch rock band formed in The Hague in 1967. The band spawned a number of psychedelic rock hits throughout the counterculture movements era during the 1960s and early 1970s, including "Never Marry a Railroad Man", "Mighty Joe", "Love Buzz", "Blossom Lady", "Inkpot" and "Venus". The latter became their biggest hit and went to No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and
 many other countries during 1969 and 1970.


 
Venus
                                                                     Line-Up

Robbie van Leeuwen (born 29 October 1944, The Hague)guitarist, sitarist, background singer

 Mariska Veres (zang) (vanaf de herfst van 1968) (overleden op 2 december 2006)

 Klaasje van der Wal (Den Haag, 1 februari 1949 – 12 februari 2018)  bassist.

                                 Cor van der Beek (drums) (overleden op 2 april 1998)
                          






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