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  2. Venus (Shocking Blue song) - Wikipedia

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    Shocking Blue's "Venus" was featured in the sixth episode of the 2020 Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit. The protagonist Beth (played by Anya Taylor-Joy ) dances and sings to the music video. The scene takes place in 1967, well before the song was released in 1969.

  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 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'. When Shocking Blue split up on 1 June 1974, Veres continued in a solo career.

  5. 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]

  6. 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.

  7. Penny Farthing Records - Wikipedia

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    Penny Farthing Records had its first success with their second single released in 1969, which was "Venus" by the Dutch group, Shocking Blue. [1] In 1970, Penny Farthing Records released the single, "Sister Simon (Funny Man)" PEN 738, by the UK group Heatwave [2] (later known as The Sensations). While the a-side received airplay, the funky b ...

  8. Shocking Blue (album) - Wikipedia

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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 Fred de Wilde on lead vocals.

  9. Colossus Records - Wikipedia

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    In the autumn of 1969, Jerry Ross was in Europe looking for European hits for release in the United States, and he came across "Ma Belle Amie" by Tee-Set, whom he then signed. He was also offered Venus by Shocking Blue and "Little Green Bag" by George Baker Selection. "Venus" was released first and it reached No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 in 1970.