Shocking Blue

Dutch rock band

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

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Official name: Shocking Blue
Official website: shockingblue.ning.com
Image: Popgroep Shocking Blue gaf persconferentie in verband met succes van plaat Ve, Bestanddeelnr 923-1956.jpg

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Commons category: Shocking Blue
inception: 1967-01-01
start of work period: 1967-00-00
end of work period: 2006-00-00
social media followers: 22100

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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 in many other countries during 1969 and 1970. The band sold 13 million records by 1973 but disbanded in 1974. Together with Golden Earring and the George Baker Selection, they are considered the most successful Nederbeat band, because their best hits charted abroad and especially in the United States.

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