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Shocking Blue

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…

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Genres
Psychedelic rock · Nederbeat · Garage pop
Labels
Pink Elephant · Polydor · Phonogram · Polygram · Universal
Origin
The Hague, Netherlands
Past members
Mariska Veres · Robbie van Leeuwen · Fred de Wilde · Klaasje van der Wal · Cor van der Beek
Years active
1967 (1967)–1974 (1974) (reunions: 1979, 1980, 1984)

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Shocking Blue

Nodes37
Edges36
Triples81
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.054054
Components1

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Shocking Blue

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related to Original era · 44
Shocking Blue → America, April, Back, Beatles, Beek, Billboard Hot, Brothers Four, Cor, De Wilde, Dutch, February, Fred, Germany, Global, He, It, January, July, June, Klaasje
related to Reunions · 11
Shocking Blue → Am Hanging, B-side, Judge, Louise, Love, Never Marry, Railroad Man, The, The Jury, They, Venus
Labels · 8
Shocking Blue → Colossus, Mercury, Penny Farthing, Phonogram, Pink Elephant, Polydor, Polygram, Universal
Past members · 8
Shocking Blue → Cor van der Beek, Fred de Wilde, Henk Smitskamp, Klaasje van der Wal, Leo van de Ketterij, Mariska Veres, Martin van Wijk, Robbie van Leeuwen
related to External links · 5
Shocking Blue → Blue, DiscogsShocking Blue, IMDbShocking Blue, October, Wayback Machine
Genres · 3
Shocking Blue → Garage pop, Nederbeat, Psychedelic rock
Origin · 1
Shocking Blue → The Hague, Netherlands
Years active · 1
Shocking Blue → 1967 (1967)–1974 (1974) (reunions: 1979, 1980, 1984)

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band van venus shocking 1970 netherlands blue veres der 1974 nederbeat 1969 mariska leeuwen de wilde klaasje wal rock 1967

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Shocking BlueGenresPsychedelic rock1.00infobox
Shocking BlueGenresNederbeat1.00infobox
Shocking BlueGenresGarage pop1.00infobox
Shocking BlueLabelsPink Elephant1.00infobox
Shocking BlueLabelsPolydor1.00infobox
Shocking BlueLabelsPhonogram1.00infobox
Shocking BlueLabelsPolygram1.00infobox
Shocking BlueLabelsUniversal1.00infobox
Shocking BlueLabelsMercury1.00infobox
Shocking BlueLabelsPenny Farthing1.00infobox
Shocking BlueLabelsColossus1.00infobox
Shocking BlueOriginThe Hague, Netherlands1.00infobox
Shocking BluePast membersMariska Veres1.00infobox
Shocking BluePast membersRobbie van Leeuwen1.00infobox
Shocking BluePast membersFred de Wilde1.00infobox
Shocking BluePast membersKlaasje van der Wal1.00infobox
Shocking BluePast membersCor van der Beek1.00infobox
Shocking BluePast membersLeo van de Ketterij1.00infobox
Shocking BluePast membersMartin van Wijk1.00infobox
Shocking BluePast membersHenk Smitskamp1.00infobox
Shocking BlueYears active1967 (1967)–1974 (1974) (reunions: 1979, 1980, 1984)1.00infobox

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