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Mariska Veres Veres in 2006 Background information Birth name Maria Elisabeth Ender ( 1947 - 10 - 01 ) 1 October 1947 The Hague, Netherlands 2 December 2006 ( 2006 - 12 - 02 ) ( aged 59 ) The Hague, Netherlands Genres Psychedelic rock, pop, jazz Occupation ( s ) Musician Instruments Vocals, organ Years active 1963 -- 2006 Associated acts Shocking Blue, Les Mysteres, The Bumble Bees, The Blue Fighters, Danny and his Favourites, General Four, The Motowns, The Shocking Jazz Quintet Maria Elisabeth Ender, better known as Mariska Veres ( pronunciation ( help info ) ) ( 1 October 1947 -- 2 December 2006 ), was a Dutch singer who was best known as the lead singer of the rock group Shocking Blue. Described as being similar to a young Cher, she was known for her sultry voice, eccentric performances, and her striking appearance which featured kohl - rimmed eyes, high cheekbones, and long jet black hair, which was actually a wig. Contents 1 Family 2 Singing career 3 Discography 3.1 Solo singles 3.2 Albums 4 Death 5 References 6 External links Family Veres was born in The Hague. Her father was the Hungarian Romani violinist Lajos Veres ( 1912 - 1981 ), and her mother, Maria Ender ( 1912 - 1986 ), was born in Germany of French and Russian parents. She often accompanied her father on the piano, along with her elder sister Ilonka, but her youngest sister, Irene, never had a career in music. Singing career This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( February 2018 ) Veres began her career as a singer in 1963 with the guitar band Les Mysteres. In 1964 the band recorded an EP ( GTB - label, 10 copies only ) with Veres singing on side 1 : Summertime ( solo ) and Someone ( a duet ). In 2010 the EP was re-released by record club Platenclub Utrecht ( PLUT 009 ). In 1965, she sang with the Bumble Bees, and then with the Blue Fighters, Danny and his Favourites and General Four. Later in 1966 she sang with the Motowns with whom she also played organ. In 1968, she was invited to join Shocking Blue to replace lead singer Fred de Wilde who had to join the army. In 1969 / 1970 Shocking Blue gained worldwide fame with the hit single `` Venus ''. The month of their arrival in the United States gossip columnist Earl Wilson referred to Veres as a ' beautiful busty girl. ' When Shocking Blue split up on 1 June 1974, Veres continued in a solo career until the band was reunited in 1984. This comeback turned out to be successful, but one of the other original members, Robbie van Leeuwen, stepped back from the group, partly because he had moved to Luxembourg but also due to the success of Bananarama 's cover of `` Venus ''. Veres started the jazz group The Shocking Jazz Quintet in 1993, and recorded an album ( Shocking You ) with pop songs from the 1960s and 1970s, now in a jazz version. From 1993 to 2006 she performed in yet another reincarnation of Shocking Blue ( recorded the songs `` Body and Soul '' and `` Angel '', both produced by former member Robbie van Leeuwen ), and also recorded an album with Andrei Serban in 2003, named Gipsy Heart, going back to her Romani roots. A version of `` Venus '' was posthumously released in 2007, a few months after her death, recorded with pianist / bandleader Dolf de Vries ( on the album Another Touch ). Veres recorded `` Venus '' four times : with Shocking Blue ( 1969 ), with the Mariska Veres Shocking Jazz Quintet ( 1993 ), with Formula Diablos ( in English / Spanish, 1997 ), and with Dolf de Vries ( a lounge version of `` Venus '', 2005 - 06 ). Discography Veres in 1970 at the Hilton Amsterdam, having been presented with gold and platinum records by Albert Mol Solo singles 1975 `` Take Me High / I Am Loving You '' ( Pink Elephant, Polydor, Decca ) 1976 `` Tell It Like It Is / Wait Till ' I Get Back To You '' ( Pink Elephant, Polydor ) 1976 `` Loving you / You Showed Me How '' ( Pink Elephant ) 1977 `` Little By Little / Help The Country '' ( Pink Elephant ) 1978 `` Too Young / You Do n't Have To Know '' ( Seramble ) 1978 `` Bye Bye To Romance / It 's A Long Hard Road '' ( CNR ) 1980 `` Looking out for number one / So Sad Without You '' ( CNR ) 1982 `` Wake Up City / In The Name Of Love '' ( EMI Records ) Albums 1993 Shocking You ( Red Bullet ) An Album by Mariska Veres Shocking Jazz Quintet 2003 Gipsy Heart ( Red Bullet ) An Album by Mariska Veres & Ensemble Andrei Serban Death Mariska Veres died of gall bladder cancer on 2 December 2006, aged 59, just three weeks after the disease was discovered. She had a long - term relationship with guitarist André van Geldorp, but never married or had children. Reminiscing to the Belgian magazine Flair, she remarked about her early fame, `` I was just a painted doll ( back in those days ), nobody could ever reach me. Nowadays, I am more open to people. '' References ^ Jump up to : Perrone, Pierre ( 2006 - 12 - 05 ). `` Mariska Veres ''. The Independent. Retrieved 2015 - 10 - 16. ^ Jump up to : `` Mariska Veres Biography ''. IMDb. Retrieved 2015 - 10 - 16. Jump up ^ Earl Wilson, Delaware County Times ( Pennsylvania ), 26 January 1970, pg. 27. Jump up ^ `` Google Translate ''. Translate.google.com. Retrieved 2 December 2017. Jump up ^ `` Original ' Venus ' singer dies ''. ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 3 December 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2015. Jump up ^ `` Remembering Mariska Veres ''. retroculturati. Retrieved 16 October 2015. External links Mariska Veres at Find a Grave Shocking Blue Mariska Veres Robbie van Leeuwen Cor van der Beek Klaasje van der Wal Fred de Wilde Leo van de Ketterij Henk Smitskamp Martin van Wijk Studio albums Shocking Blue At Home Scorpio 's Dance Third Album Inkpot Attila Ham Dream on Dreamer Good Times Live albums Live in Japan Notable Songs `` Venus '' `` Love Buzz '' See also Nederbeat Nederpop Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mariska Veres. 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Question: who is the lead singer of shocking blue
Answer: Maria Elisabeth Ender