Robbie van Leeuwen (born 29 October 1944, The Hague) is a Dutch musician[1] who was guitarist, sitarist, background vocalist and main songwriter for Dutch bands, including The Motions and Shocking Blue. In 1974 he released the successfull single "Long hot Summer" with his new band Galaxy Lin. He was the founder and main composer for this band who released two albums, "Galaxy Lin" in 1974 and "G" in 1975. The singer was Rudy Bennett, with whom van Leeuwen already collaborated in The Motions. Galaxy Lin disbanded in 1976. Together with Rick van der Linden van Leeuwen founded Mistral in 1977. The group scored three hits during this period, "Jamie", "Starship 109" and "Neon City". The main instrument used was the synthesizer. The group produced three more singles in 1980, but these were not as successfull as the former singles. After this Robbie van Leeuwen withdrew from the music business and moved to Luxembourg. In 2013 he received the Buma Lifetime Achievement Award. As of 2018 he, again, lives in the Netherlands, in Wassenaar. [2][3]
Robbie van Leeuwen | |
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 Robbie van Leeuwen in 1970 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 29 October 1944 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Genres | Rock and roll |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, guitarist, songwriter |
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (February 2018) |
His best-known compositions are Shocking Blue's most famous songs, "Venus", which was a US and UK No. 1 hit, "Love Buzz", which was covered by Nirvana and released as their first single, and "Deamon Lover".[citation needed]
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