Shocking Blue - (live Japan 1971)

                                                  Koseinenkin Hall, Japan.-July 1971

 Mariska Veres-Vocals.Robbie van Leeuwen- Guitar.Henk Smitskamp-Bass.Cor van der Beek-drums

 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. The band sold 13 million records by 1973 but disbanded in 1974.

 Maria Elisabeth Ender, better known as Mariska Veres (1 October 1947 – 2 December 2006)

                           Cor van der Beek  (  1949 - 8 April 1998)

 

Shocking Blue - Live in Japan (1972)

 Shocking Blue was a Dutch rock band formed in 1967 in The Hague. The band had a number of psychedelic rock hits throughout the counterculture movement during 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. The band sold 13.5 million records by 1973 but disbanded in 1974.

Original line up:Mariska Veres -Vocals,Robbie van Leeuwen - Guitar.Klaas van der Wal-Bass

                                                        Cor van de Beek -Drums

           My Babe 

                  On this tour is Klaas van der Wal replaced by Henk Smitskamp                     

    Rattler
               Drummer Cor van der Beek died on 2 April 1998 at age 49 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Mariska Veres died of gallbladder cancer on 2 December 2006 at age 59 in The Hague, Netherlands. Bassist Klaasje van der Wal died on 12 February 2018 at age 69   

                                 Mariska Veres ( Den Haag, 1 oktober 1947 - aldaar, 2 december 2006) 

                                

                                       Robbie van Leeuwen ( Den Haag, 29 oktober 1944)

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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