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'''Robbie van Leeuwen''' (born 29 October 1944, [[The Hague]]) is a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] musician who used to be the [[guitar]]ist, [[sitar]]ist, background vocalist and main songwriter for the Dutch bands [[The Motions (band)|The Motions]], [[Shocking Blue]] and [[Galaxy-Lin]]. HeHis is credited withmost writingwell-known twocompositions ofare [[Shocking Blue]]'s most famous songs, [[Venus (Shocking Blue song)|Venus]], which was an American no. 1 hit and, [[Love Buzz]], which was famously covered by [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], and Demon Lover.

Originally the guitarist for the Motions, a [[Nederbeat]] band influenced by [[The Rolling Stones]] and [[The Pretty Things]], he decided to start Shocking Blue as a Dutch equivalent of the [[Jefferson Airplane]], who would combine a hard edged rock style with a powerful and attractive female vocalist.