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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.
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'.
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 tracks on the album are cover songs, more than usual.
He signed Shocking Blue to his newly created Colossus Records, and chose the record for release in the United States on 2 October 1969. [14] [16] [17] "Venus" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on 7 February 1970, the first song by a Dutch band to reach No. 1 on that chart. [18]
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.
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 Fred de Wilde on lead vocals.
In 1974 he left Shocking Blue and released the successful single "Long Hot Summer" with his new band Galaxy-Lin. He was the founder and main composer for this band which released two albums: "Galaxy Lin" in 1974 and "G" in 1975. The singer was Rudy Bennett, with whom van Leeuwen had already collaborated in another band, called The Motions ...
The Motions were the first Nederbeat band to produce charting singles in the Netherlands with their songs "It's Gone" released in late 1964, and "Wasted Words", in 1965. [4] Their guitarist Robbie van Leeuwen would later form Shocking Blue. Other popular groups were the Outsiders, Q65, Golden Earring, Ro-d-ys, The Shoes, and Cuby & the Blizzards.