Shocking Blue was a rock group ... their most successful one worldwide was "Venus." That song hit #1 on the American Billboard Hot 100 in December 1969 and stayed on the charts for 13 consecutive ...

Hearing the Shocking Blue unsheathe “Venus” in the mid-Seventies resulted in both my beat-up picture-sleeve single and the Dutch quartet’s eponymous LP from 1969. The decades haven’t been ...

Shocking Blue, the talented Dutch rock group who became known internationally for the hit “Venus,” could have been more popular, especially in America, had its management been better.

Shocking Blue followed up their worldwide hit with ... The first single we did was " Venus" in 1969. In one year, everything we dreamed about happened. It sold millions around the world and ...