Robbie van Leeuwen: Difference between revisions

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In 2013 he received the Buma Lifetime Achievement Award. As of 2018 he, again, lives in the Netherlands, in [[Wassenaar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://myprivacy.dpgmedia.nl/consent/?siteKey=V9f6VUvlHxq9wKIN&callbackUrl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.ad.nl%2fprivacy-gate%2faccept-tcf2%3fredirectUri%3d%252fden-haag%252fhet-mysterie-robbie-van-leeuwen%257ea1d7972c%252f|title=DPG Media Privacy Gate|website=myprivacy.dpgmedia.nl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Robbie+van+Leeuwen|title=Muziekencyclopedie - Robbie van Leeuwen|website=www.muziekencyclopedie.nl}}</ref> In January 2019 he was interviewed on Dutch television during a broadcast of the daily talkshow 'De Wereld Draait Door' in connection with his 75th birthday in October of the same year. It was his first interview in years since Van Leeuwen is known to be very media-shy. Several bands played compositions by Van Leeuwen in 'De Wereld Draait Door' after this broadcast during the coming weeks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvblik.nl/dwdd/de-wereld-draait-door-199|title=DWDD|website=TVblik}}</ref>

His best-known compositions are Shocking Blue's most famous songs: "Venus", which was in 1970 a US and UK No. 1 hit, and was covered by [[Bananarama]] and "[[Love Buzz]]", which was covered by [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] and released as their first single, and "[[Scorpio's Dance|Daemon Lover]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/love_buzz_the_psychedelic_sounds_of_dutch_rock_superstars_shocking_blue|title='Love Buzz': The psychedelic sounds of Dutch rock superstars Shocking Blue|date=May 10, 2018|website=DangerousMinds}}</ref>

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