Robbie van Leeuwen (born 29 October 1944, The Hague) is a Dutch musician who used to be the guitarist, sitarist, background vocalist and main songwriter for the Dutch bands The Motions, Shocking Blue and Galaxy-Lin. He is credited with writing two of Shocking Blue's most famous songs, Venus, which was an American no. 1 hit and Love Buzz, which was famously covered by Nirvana.
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.
References
- "Biography for Robbie van Leeuwen". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
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