Shocking Blue

Shocking Blue was a Dutch rock band from the Hague which in the years 60 and 70 was successful.



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[hide] *1 History  ==History[ Edit] == The Group was founded in 1967 by Robbie van Leeuwen, stating that they are at The Motions to his ceiling had come and wanted to put a group in the scaffolding that he saw more opportunities internationally. The Group recruited members from various corners of Lions of the Hague beatscene and chose initially for a singer, Barry Hay, who just The Haigs had left. Hay paste however and Verma said the historic words: "Here you'll regret it" (quote from Barry Hay on NCRV television). In the end, the singer Fred de Wilde and was there a lp recorded for Polydor . The album was like the first single "Love is in the air" moderately successful.
 * 2 Members
 * 2.1 timeline
 * Venus 3
 * 4 history
 * 5 end in sight
 * 6 discography
 * 6.1 Albums
 * 6.2 Singles
 * 6.3 Radio 2 Top 2000
 * 6.4 Mini LP-CD Series (Russian bootleg)
 * 7 see also
 * footnote 8
 * 9 external links

A year later stepped over to the newly founded Shocking Blue Pink Elephantlabel Dureco. The first record on that label came out, was Lucy Brown is back in town. The single did it nice in the Top 40. When David got a call for military service in mid-1968, decided that he wanted to complete his Group Of Lions with a singer. At first it was thought to Annet Hesterman, but they turned out just to be entered into a contract with a manager and thanked. A short time Later, she was the singer of the GroningenRo-d-Ys. In Loosdrecht encountered By lions and manager Cees van Leeuwen on Mariska Veres, who acted with The Motowns during a party of the Golden Earring.Through her mother was the contact is made.

Shocking Blue was the first Dutch group that a number-onehit in the Billboard Hot 100 with the single earned the United States 's Venus.

The Group had many other hits and went in 1975 apart. In 1979 a attempt at a reunion, but that only lasted a year or two. Shocking Blue was resurrected in a new composition in 1993 with Mariska Veres, but without Robbie van Leeuwen. This formation continued to occur until the death of Mariska Veres in december 2006. ==Members[ Edit] == The group members over the years:

===Timeline[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p len="255" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;"> ==Venus<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">The Group had a worldwide hit with Venus, a song based on The Banjo Song from 1963 of The Big 3<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" len="172" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[1]. The single earned in the Netherlands Dutch Top 40twice, but did not know to come higher than number 3. In the Hilversum 3 Top 30 he stood in 1970 two weeks at no. 2. Venus, however, in the United States reached the number 1 position, as in many other countries in the world. The number is now an evergreen and is also annually in the Radio 2 Top 2000 of. In addition, it has been covered numerous times: for example if intro by Stars on 45, which also earned a number one position in America, and a version of the girl groupBananarama, which in 1986 also earned the number-one position in America.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" len="172" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [2] ==History<span class="mw-editsection" len="345" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">After a concert at the Juliana park in Utrecht in the summer of 1969 was from rowdiness by some young people in a string of party lights pulled, causing a pole with lights fell down and the lights went out. Robbie van Leeuwen told years later about this incident proudly on the radio, that "at a concert in Utrecht Dahl was aborted".
 * Fred David (vocals) (up to the autumn of 1968)
 * Mariska Veres (vocals) (from the autumn of 1968) (died on 2 december 2006)
 * Robbie van Leeuwen (guitar, sitar, vocals)
 * Cor van Beek (drums) (died on 2 april 1998)
 * Klaasje van der Wal (bass guitar) (until 1972)
 * Henk Sahu (bass guitar) (from 1972)
 * Leo of the heresy (additional guitarist in the years 1970-1971)
 * Martin van Wijk (guitar) (from 1973)
 * Wim Voermans (bass guitar)(nov 1984 October 1986)
 * Jan Pijnenburg (drums) (april 1985 October 1986)
 * Michael Ed (keys) (from 1993 to 2006)
 * André Velasquez (guitar, vocals) (from 1987 to 2006)

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 1970 the band members were following the American success of Venus named honorary citizens of the Hague. They received a medal of honour. The fans could buy a honorary Medal is still cherished some.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 1971 was Shocking Blue during the second edition of Pinkpop playing made virtually impossible. The visitors found Shocking Blue but a capitalist hitgroepje that did not fit on the hip and progressive Pinkpop. Flute concertos and "a shower of rotten fruit" (as read in a report on the festival) were Shocking Blues part and Robbie, Alex, Leo, Cor and Mariska could not do much else than leave.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 1972 the Group was during an extensive tour through various countries followed by a film crew of Cine Centre. Result was the special "Around the world" which in October was broadcast on tv by the AVRO . To hear pieces from the albums "Inkpot" and "Attila". The special seemed to have disappeared for a long time, but suddenly popped up on a search for images of Earth and Fire. The film appeared at the 2003 dvd by Shocking Blue.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 1973 played Shocking Blue on the Hague Malieveld during the april 18-demonstration of Radio Veronica. They were the first act. To the many protesters not to wait too long in the rain started Shocking Blue what ahead of schedule to the performance. Also, The Cats Mouth & MacNeal and the George Baker Selection were among the large group of artists which Radio Veronica a warm heart toedroegen. ==End in sight<span class="mw-editsection" len="341" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">After a series of successful albums and singles got Robbie van Leeuwen jaundice and decided in 1973 as an active member to withdraw from Shocking Blue. His place on the podium was taken by Martin van Wijk.The band has an album included in this composition: "Good Times", but Mariska Veres was at one point not more happy with it (wan) behaviour of some band members and decided to stop Shocking Blue. On June 1, 1974 the band announced that it was over and out. By contractual obligations to plates to bring out one final single came in 1975 by Shocking Blue: "Gonna sing my song". The plate continued to hang in the tip charts. Mariska started a solo career and had there especially in Germany success with it. But because she was a ' band-man ' and (then) the solo performance didn't see sit, she decided to put an end to there as well. Because there is bread on the shelf had to come, she went a little while working as a DJ in a club. Also made Mariska a while part of Mistral group, becoming the new Robbies single Neon City made. This took them for the last time the Top 40.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 1979, the band briefly in original composition together and there was even a comeback-single included: "Louise". But for unknown reasons it will not be released on single. The number will come quietly in a German compilation lp with hits of that time (1979), but which continues to go unnoticed by most people. A year later it was the original Shocking Blue the sensation of the Haagse Beat Nach in the houtrust halls.However, in the long term, again Shocking Blue went defunct. At the end of 1984 they were the middernachtact during the Back to the recommended 60 s in Den Bosch (the maaspoort). In 1986, the single "The jury and the judge released (produced by Pim Koopman). "Hilversum" took the plate to heavy and left him. Therefore loved Robbie the further for seen, if only by the fact that in the meantime the money again flooded by the success of the British girl group Bananarama with their cover of Venus.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Cor van der Beek died on 2 april 1998.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">The final stop for Shocking Blue came on december 2, 2006: Mariska Veres dies of cancer; the disease was established recently at her.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">The song "Love buzz" was covered by Nirvana. This version can be found on their 1989 debut album Bleach . The Prodigy also threw himself on "Love buzz" and mixed the original recordings from 1969 with the drum beats of 2004 on the cd "always outnumbered, never outgunned" under the title "Phoenix".

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In april 2012, the album ' At Home ' in the spotlight in the series ' Classic Albums ' on Netherlands 3. Director Dirk Jan Rafter had to do interviews with among others Robbie van Leeuwen and Klaas van der Wal, then band leader/guitarist and bassist in Shocking Blue. There is especially attention to Venus and Love Buzz, making the other masterpieces of At Home when hit in the background ==Discography<span class="mw-editsection" len="338" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Albums<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Singles<span class="mw-editsection" len="334" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Radio 2 Top 2000<span class="mw-editsection" len="344" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Mini LP-CD Series (Russian bootleg)<span class="mw-editsection" len="365" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===