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Shocking Blue

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Artist Info

Formed

1967 The Netherlands

Disbanded

1974

Members

Mariska Veres, Klaasje VanDer Wal, Cornelius VanDer Beek, Robby VanLeeuwen

Biography

With a catchy guitar riff borrowed from "Pinball Wizard," this Dutch group had a worldwide hit in late 1969 with "Venus," which was later covered by Bananarama. After that they never had much success outside Europe, but they generated enough hits in enough parts of the world to warrant a compilation on Rhino Records. ~ Dan Heilman, All Music Guide

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