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...
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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...
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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...
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Robbie van Leeuwen (section Shocking Blue)
main songwriter for multiple Dutch bands, including The Motions and Shocking Blue, with whom he recorded the worldwide hit "Venus". In 1967, he played...
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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...
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Dutch singer who was best known as the lead singer of the rock group Shocking Blue. She was known for her sultry voice, eccentric performances, and her...
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Shocking Blue is a 2010 Dutch drama film. Directed by Mark de Cloe, the movie stars Lisa Smit, Dragan Bakema, and Niels Gomperts. It was screened at the...
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Third Album is an album by Shocking Blue, released in 1971. Despite the title, it the group's fourth overall, but their third with singer Mariska Veres...
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Good Times is the eighth and final studio album by Dutch rock band Shocking Blue, released in 1974.[citation needed] The album is the first and only album...
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that was gaining worldwide attention, exemplified by bands such as Shocking Blue, Golden Earring and Focus. Most of the Nederpop bands of this period...
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earned their first number one, such as B. J. Thomas, the Jackson 5, Shocking Blue, the Guess Who, Ray Stevens, Three Dog Night, the Carpenters, Bread...
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Love Buzz (category Shocking Blue songs)
"Love Buzz" is a song by Dutch rock band Shocking Blue. It was written by Robbie van Leeuwen and first released on the group's 1969 album At Home. The...
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in Shocking Blue in the early 1970s. From the age of fifteen he played in various regional bands. From 1970 to 1971 he was a member of Shocking Blue, turning...
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Good Times (The Easybeats song) (section Shocking Blue)
rl-Rock/dp/B00FKN1E5M ] "Good Times" was covered by Dutch rock band Shocking Blue, on their eighth and final album released in 1974. The NWOBHM heavy...
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Williams and bands and vocal groups such as The Chambers Brothers, Shocking Blue, The Allman Brothers Band, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra, The Swingles...
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Yours" Stevie Wonder 32 "Ride Captain Ride" Blues Image 33 "Venus" Shocking Blue 34 "Instant Karma!" John Lennon 35 "Patches" Clarence Carter 36 "Lookin'...
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completely new melody. Rose's melody was then used for Shocking Blue's 1969 hit Venus (Shocking Blue song). Neil Young and Crazy Horse covered Rose's version...
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Scorpio's Dance (category Shocking Blue albums)
Scorpio's Dance is the third album by the rock band Shocking Blue. It was released in 1970 on Pink Elephant Records. The album was released under the...
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released a number of hit songs, including "Venus" by Shocking Blue, "Beautiful Sunday" by Daniel Boone, "Blue Is the Colour" by the Chelsea football team, and...
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Send Me a Postcard (category Shocking Blue songs)
Postcard" is a song written by Robbie van Leeuwen, and recorded by Shocking Blue in 1968. With lyrics in Swedish by Per Gessle, the song was recorded...
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and English. Some of the latter exponents, such as Golden Earring and Shocking Blue, have attained worldwide fame. Sometimes partly based and raised upon...
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"Groove Is in the Heart" – Deee-Lite (1990) "Breakfast at Tiffany’s" – Deep Blue Something (1995) "I Touch Myself" – Divinyls (1990) "To Earth with Love"...
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musicals it attempts to emulate." "Holiday" (Madonna) - Taylor "Venus" (Shocking Blue)/(Bananarama) - Lil, Maddie, and Taylor "How Will I Know" (Whitney Houston)...
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2:18 3. "About a Girl" 2:48 4. "School" 2:42 5. "Love Buzz" (Shocking Blue cover) Robbie van Leeuwen 3:35 6. "Paper Cuts" 4:06 7. "Negative Creep"...
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Nederbeat groups are the Golden Earring, The Motions, The Outsiders and Shocking Blue. In the 1960s, The Beatles and the Merseybeat sound began to dominate...
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released in 1959 "Venus" (Lady Gaga song), released in 2013 "Venus" (Shocking Blue song), also prominently covered by Bananarama "Venus" (Tackey & Tsubasa...
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and music video of "California, Here I Come." The Dutch rock group Shocking Blue also had a song called "California Here I Come" on their first album...
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Inkpot (album) (redirect from Inkpot (Shocking Blue album))
Inkpot is the fifth studio album by Dutch rock band Shocking Blue, released in 1972. The American and Dutch versions have different track listings. Three...
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Side one No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Blew" 2:56 2. "Love Buzz" (Shocking Blue cover) Robbie van Leeuwen 3:36 Total length: 6:32...
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by popular music from the United States and Britain. Bands such as Shocking Blue, Golden Earring, Tee Set, George Baker Selection and Focus enjoyed international...
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