'VENUS' - SHOCKING BLUE | FRANKS BASS COVERS
'VENUS' - SHOCKING BLUE | FRANKS BASS COVERS
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'VENUS' - SHOCKING BLUE | FRANKS BASS COVERS
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Released USA 1970;
Song Notes: "The GODNESS on the mountain top..."
Listen carefully to the opening lyric... lead singer Mariska Veres had to read the lyric phonetically and pronounced Goddess as it was was incorrectly written on her notes as "GODNESS"
Bassist: Klaasje van der Wal
"Venus" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on 7 February 1970. On 28 January 1970, it was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales in excess of one million copies in the United States. Worldwide, the single has sold over 7.5 million copies.
"Venus" was featured in the sixth episode of the 2020 Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit.
Mariska Veres (1 October 1947 – 2 December 2006), was their lead singer
Bananarama covered "Venus" in 1986, hitting number one in the United States and reaching the UK Top 10 (#8).
Stuff
'76 Fender Precision Bass (purchased new at Sam Ash in NYC)
D'Addario ECB81 XL Chromes Flatwound Strings
Steinberg UR12 USB Audio Interface
Iphone 7.
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