THE HAGUE, Dec. 7...Mariska Veres, a lead singer for the Dutch group Shocking Blue, which had a worldwide hit in 1970 with its song “Venus,” died here on Saturday. She was 59.
The cause was cancer, Dutch news organizations reported.
“Venus,” the group’s biggest hit, reached the top of the American music charts in 1970. The group split up in 1974, but “Venus” would go on to reach No. 1 in the American Billboard chart two more times: in 1981, by the cover band Stars on 45, and in 1986, in a version by Bananarama.
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The cause was cancer, Dutch news organizations reported.
“Venus,” the group’s biggest hit, reached the top of the American music charts in 1970. The group split up in 1974, but “Venus” would go on to reach No. 1 in the American Billboard chart two more times: in 1981, by the cover band Stars on 45, and in 1986, in a version by Bananarama.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/08/obituaries/08veres.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin