Shocking Blue was a Dutch rock band from The Hague formed in 1967. Their biggest hit, "Venus," went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1970, and the band had sold 13.5 million discs by 1973, but the group disbanded in 1974.MembersThe initial line-up consisted of: Robbie van Leeuwen Fred de Wilde Klaasje van der Wal Cor van der BeekIn 1968, Mariska Veres replaced de Wilde as lead singer.HistoryThe group charted a world-wide h