NEW * Mighty Joe - The Shocking Blue {Stereo} 1969

1969......#43 U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #43 UK Singles Chart, #2 Netherlands, #5 Germany Original video edited and AI remastered with HQ stereo sound. Shocking Blue were founded in 1967 by The Motions guitarist Robbie van Leeuwen. Other members of the group at this time were Fred de Wilde, Klaasje van der Wal (1 February 1949 – 12 February 2018) and Cor van der Beek (9 June 1949 – 2 April 1998). They had a minor hit in 1968 with “Lucy Brown is Back in Town“. When De Wilde was the band’s lead singer, the band originally had a sound that was described as cross between The Beatles and Brothers Four. De Wilde left in 1968 after joining the Dutch army, and van Leeuwen was introduced to Mariska Veres, singing at that time with a club band. He persuaded her to take over the vocals, and the group recorded a worldwide hit with the song “Venus“, which had entered the Veronica top 40 hit parade at position #12 the 12 July 1969 and had peaked at number three on 26 July 1969 in the Nethe