Wow! Wow’s right. Hearing the Shocking Blue unsheathe “Venus” in the mid-Seventies resulted in both my beat-up picture-sleeve single and the Dutch quartet’s eponymous LP from 1969.

Dutch rock group Shocking Blue in London for TV appearances to promote their latest single 'Venus', 6th November 1969.

Both of Pierson’s tracks were produced by White himself, and today the a-side, a cover of Shocking Blue’s 1969 hit “Venus,” has arrived, along with a kitschy video from director Brad Holland.

Mariska Veres, singer for the Dutch group Shocking Blue who had a worldwide hit with their song Venus in 1970, has died aged 59, Dutch media report. Veres died from cancer.

Both of Pierson’s tracks were produced by White himself, and today the a-side, a cover of Shocking Blue’s 1969 hit “Venus,” has arrived, along with a kitschy video from director Brad Holland.