Robbie van Leeuwen: Difference between revisions

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== Career ==

Leeuwen formed [[The Motions (band)|The Motions]] in 1964 with [[Rudy Bennett]], Henk Smitskamp, and [[Sieb Warner]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Top 40 |first=Stichting Nederlandse |title=Motions {{!}} Top 40-artiesten |url=https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/motions |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Top40.nl |language=nl}}</ref> They were the first [[Nederbeat]] band to achieve chart success, and had their first major selling single in 1965.<ref name=":0" />

In 1970 he was in the band [[Shocking Blue]], which had a No. 1 hit with the single "[[Venus (Shocking Blue song)|Venus]]". 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 |date=May 10, 2018 |title='Love Buzz': The psychedelic sounds of Dutch rock superstars Shocking Blue |url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/love_buzz_the_psychedelic_sounds_of_dutch_rock_superstars_shocking_blue |website=DangerousMinds}}</ref> In 1974 he left Shocking Blue and released the successful single "Long Hot Summer" with his new band [[Galaxy-Lin]]. He was the founder and main composer for this band which released two albums: "Galaxy Lin" in 1974 and "G" in 1975. The singer was Rudy Bennett, with whom van Leeuwen had already collaborated in another band, called [[The Motions (band)|The Motions]]. Galaxy-Lin disbanded in 1976.