Shocking Blue&#;s &#;Venus&#;: An Out-of-This-World Hit
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by Best Classic Bands StaffShocking Blue in (Photo: Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Rijksfotoarchief: Fotocollectie Algemeen Nederlands Fotopersbureau)
The Top 40 charts during the classic rock era are filled with one-hit wonders. But what if the outlier in your recorded output is a #1 pop smash in the U.S. and many other countries that holds up today and still receives airplay? For the Dutch rock band, Shocking Blue, that song was &#;s out-of-this-world &#;Venus.&#;
Best Classic Bands frequently shines a light on some of the memorable music that was produced during this period that doesn&#;t receive as much acclaim as the superstars of the era.
Shocking Blue was formed in by thenyear-old musician Robbie van Leeuwen in the Netherlands city The Hague. After modest success, singer Fred de Wilde departed the band. They boldly switched from male to female vocalists when they invited a local year-old, Mariska Veres, to replace him.
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Veres had more than a passing resemblance to Jefferson Airplane&#;s Grace Slick, who was as big a music star as there
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MARISKA VERES ( - )
With its acoustic guitar intro, piano riff and haunting vocals by Mariska Veres - most memorably on the chorus, "I'm your Venus, I'm your fire, at your desire" - the single 'Venus', by the Dutch group Shocking Blue, made the Top 10 across Europe in , including the UK, and reached the #1 spot in the United States. It turned the striking-looking Veres, with her big, blue kohl-lined eyes, high cheekbones and long jet-black hair (actually a wig), into a sex symbol.
Shocking Blue followed up their worldwide hit with 'Mighty Joe' and 'Long And Lonesome Road', but remain forever associated with 'Venus'. It was covered at the time by Tom Jones, the Larry Page Orchestra and the Chipmunks, and revived to great success by Star Sound in and Bananarama in Two years later, Nirvana, the grunge band led by Kurt Cobain, recorded a fuzzy, menacing version of Shocking Blue's 'Love Buzz', a psychedelic track from their album 'At Home'.
Born in in The Hague, to Hungarian and German parents, Mariska Veres was the daughter of the gypsy violinist Lajos Veres, and often accompanied her father on the piano. She recorded a couple of solo sing
Mariska Veres ()
Morgen zal het ook al vijftien jaar geleden zijn dat Mariska Veres, Nederlandse zangeres van Hongaarse afkomst, is overleden aan de gevolgen van galblaaskanker. Mariska was vooral bekend door haar hits met de groep Shockin&#; Blue, waarvan &#;Venus&#; allicht de grootste is.
Veres werd geboren in Den Haag als middelste van de drie dochters van de Hongaarseviolist en orkestleiderLajos Veres en haar in Duitsland geboren moeder uit Frans&#;Russische ouders, Maria Ender.
De muziek werd Veres thuis met de paplepel ingegoten. Ze leerde piano spelen en zat enkele jaren op zangles. Thuis nam ze met een bandrecorder populaire hits van de radio op en knipte de teksten uit muziekbladen als Tuney Tunes en Muziek Expres. Zo kon zij met de nummers meezingen, bijvoorbeeld met Helen Shapiro, die ook een lage, warme stem had. In die tijd was ook Cliff Richard een van haar favorieten, vertelde ze in meerdere interviews.
Als vijftienjarig meisje reageerde Veres in oktober op een advertentie in de Haagsche Courant, waarin de studentengroep Les Mystères een zangeres zocht. In december werd er een vierdaagse talentenjacht georganiseerd door het muzie
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