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'''Robbie van Leeuwen''' (born 29 October 1944) is a Dutch musician<ref>{{cite web|title=Robbie van Leeuwen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/949195/Rob-Van-Leeuwen/filmography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726131346/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/949195/Rob-Van-Leeuwen/filmography|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=[[Baseline (database)|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]]|date=2014|archive-date=2014-07-26}}</ref> who was a [[guitar]]ist, [[sitar]]ist, background vocalist and main songwriter for multiple Dutch bands, including [[The Motions (band)|The Motions]] and especially [[Shocking Blue]], with whom he landedrecorded the world-wideworldwide hit ''"[[Venus'' (Shocking Blue song)|Venus]]". In 1967, he played guitar on the only single ever released by "The Six Young Riders" titled "Let the Circle Be Unbroken".<ref>[https://nederbeat.info/index.php?page=artist&id=341]{{dead link|date=December 2020}}</ref> As of January 2023, he is the only surviving member of Shocking Blue's best known four-piece lineup.

== Career ==