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Maria Elisabeth Ender, better known as Mariska Veres (pronunciation ⓘ; 1 October 1947 – 2 December 2006), was a 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 striking appearance which featured kohl-rimmed eyes, high and long, jet-black ...
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 album is the group's first record with singer Mariska Veres. Robbie van Leeuwen acquired Veres in an attempt to ape the form of the female-fronted Jefferson Airplane. With Veres's notable vocal performance and stunning looks, the band finally had an adequate frontwoman. [4] At Home was a mixture of influences ranging from pop rock to ...
Mariska Veres replaced de Wilde in the band's next album, At Home. Release. In Germany and Scandinavia the record was released in 1970 under the title Beat with ...
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.
Mariska Hargitay is opening up about her personal experience with sexual assault, 25 years after making her TV debut as Olivia Benson on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. “A man raped me in my ...
The lead vocals were performed by Mariska Veres. The written lyrics, however, contained a typo in the line, "A goddess on a mountain top", with "goddess" written as "godness", which was how Veres, who was at the time not perfectly fluent in English, sang it on the record and on television. [11] Later recordings by other lineups corrected the ...
Maples recovered from the infection but was diminished, her family says. She died Feb. 4, 2012, after choking to death from a mucus obstruction that clogged her airway, an autopsy concluded. Maples' family believes the Vitas’ drug regimen weakened her, and the health crisis she suffered while under the hospice's care damaged her already frail ...