Mariska Veres

Mariska Veres (The Hague, October 1, 1947 -died 2 december 2006) was a Dutch singer, who is best known for her appearances with the pop group Shocking Blue.



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[hide] *1 Biography  ==Biography[ Edit] == ===Youth[ Edit] === Veres was born as a middle of the three daughters of the Hungarian violinist and Orchestra leader Lajos Veres and her French-born mother in Germany fromRussianparents, Maria Ender.
 * 1.1 Youth
 * 1.2 Shocking Blue
 * 1.3 later years
 * 2 After her death
 * 3 discography
 * 3.1 Albums
 * 3.2 Singles
 * 3.3 Top 40-markings
 * 3.4 Mini LP-CD Series (Russian Bootleg)
 * 4 external links

The music was Veres at home with the spoon. They learned to play the piano and was for some years on singing lessons. At home she took with a tape recorder popular hits of the radio on and snapped the texts from music magazines like Tuney Tunes and Dutch pop magazine Muziek Expres. So she could sing along with the songs, for example with Helen Shapiro, who also had a low, warm voice. At the time, it was Cliff Richard also one of her favorites, she told in several interviews[1] .

As a 16 year-old girl responded Veres October 1962 on an ad in the Haagsche Courant, in which the students group Les Mystères a singer was looking for. In december 1963, a four-day talent show organized by the music magazine Tuney Tunes in collaboration with record company Bovema to Heemstede. Herman Stick was the presenter. With guidance of Les Mystères she sang "Summertime", "Fever", and "Lullaby of Birdland" and won first prize. Veres was allowed to make a Dutch picture in1964 . That was a cover of the hit by Conny Froboess "Diese Night Hat Many Lighter" (movie theme from ' Topkapi ' by Manos Hadjidakis) with the original band of Kurt EdelhagenOrchestra. The plate with the subtitle "Sound As The Mandolinen" was only released on the Imperial label in 1965. On the b-side the more poppy song "Is it true?" Read a translation of Brenda "Is it true?", also with the German orchestra band of Conny Froboess. This debut single is now an extremely rare collector's item for which substantial amounts are requested and given at trade shows (especially if the cover signed by Mariska is itself).

Les Mystères is in 1965, after several personnel changes, continued as The Bumble Bees. In 1966 the Group was allowed to make her first album for the label On Artof music on purpose. Veres was then already left for The Blue Fighters. After being in the period 1966-1967 as a singer at Danny & his Favourites, The General Four, The Sunset Four and The Stagemen had been, she came in november 1967 at the indorockband The Motowns, who since that time Mariska and the Motowns was called, and where they not only the lead vocals, but also accounted for the organ. In late 1967 took Veres for record company Phonogram another Dutch-language single ("day and night", a cover of Sandie Shaw's "you've not changed") for the label of Philips Records. On the b-side was "Al is 't now winter", a cover of the cheerful "The sound of The summer". During live performances with The Motowns sang Mariska these pieces, by the way, in English. From the summer of 1968, she was active as a singer and organist at Danny & his Favourites until they got an offer in Loosdrecht in the autumn for Shocking Blue, where she replaced singer Fred de Wilde had to because he was in military service. ===Shocking Blue[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Mariska Veres in 1970<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">The first hit when they heard on the tapes was "Send me a postcard", followed by "Long and lonesome road". A fun fact is that the band for the recording of "send me a postcard"-not yet one time on stage had stood (they were so first the studio). In 1969/1970 Shocking Blue gained world fame with the song Venus, the firstU.s. number-one hit in the Netherlands. In the years that followed Veres toured with Shocking Blue around the world. Something very like her, because, as she said once in an interview: "I love hotels". Yet it took many of the travel group. Sometimes they barely knew where the members were playing. Of Dutch performances came in this period not many rightly so. Yet stayed Shocking Blue regularly in the Top 40. Big hits were "Never Marry a Railroad Man", "Shocking you", "Hello Darkness", "Blossom lady" and "Inkpot". The group scored with these numbers gigahits in Japan and Asia.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">On 1 June 1974 announced Shocking Blue to stop. A year earlier was already as an active member Robbie van Leeuwen stopped because he suffered jaundice during a tour. He was replaced by Martin van Wijk. Mariska did not feel really happy more in the Group: without the leadership of Verma slammed the anarchy far.There was a lot of drunk, Mariska was unhappy and wanted there prefer to quit. The real end of the Group received only by fulfilling all agreements made in the summer of 1975 are batter, after the very last single Gonna sing my song came out and flopped. Veres began on a solo career, which especially in Germany was successful. Of her were the songs "Take me high" and "Lovin' you" was released (the German-language versions were big hits in Germany: "Mach mich frei"/"Ich liebe dich", "Liebe ist doch nur..."/"Ich hab ' an dich geglaubt"). The single "Tell it like it is" came at the end of 1975 in the Tipparade, but has never been able to make the step to the charts. This single is released under Mariska's own name; a nice detail is that the hair Shocking Blue-colleagues were (from the Good Times'-period) that have the music on "Tell it like it is". The number came in 1981 a Greatest Hits album by Shocking Blue on CNR. In her solo years, Mariska reportedly a large number of songs recorded, of which it was intended that they would be put on a solo album, but that album is never materialized and the recordings would have been for the most part search. Only the song "there's a need in me" (not to be confused with "Need you near me"!) came as part of a compilation album on the Insert. A special Dureco-promotion-LP which was issued for the 1975 MIDEM in Cannes, contains the solo track "Never leave me lonely".

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In the late 1970s, she recorded a number of solo singles, including "Too Young", "Bye Bye to romance", "Looking out for number one", but none of the were all hits. The performance with an orchestra band also pleased her not at all. Meanwhile, she worked as a disk jockey in the chic ' Club de Paris ' under the Europa Hotel Scheveningen. In 1979 sang Mariska (together with Marjan Schattelijn) the song "Neon city" of Robbies studio project ' Mistral '. Also in that year they provided backing vocals on the album "Palm tree Luxury ' of the Group Plant. In 1981 sang Veres part of "Somebody to love" on the medley Super Rock Stars Live, with which the brothers Bolland inhaakten on the medley craze that started with Stars On 45. In 1982 she took with the Baker as composers and producers one last solo single on: "Wake up city"/"In the name of love". The number still took the Hilversum 3 programme Los fixed, but unfortunately got a chart positions. In1984 at the initiative of the then Veres took VARA-disc jockey Peter Holland with an organist on a Dutch version of the Vicky Leandros-Après Toi success, entitled "it is too late". The number was only once on the radio.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 1980 and in 1984 was Shocking Blue Meanwhile back together come up with Veres as a singer and this comeback proved to be very successful. But since Robbie van Leeuwen lived in Luxembourg and each time had to come for a performance to Netherlands, it became a bit too much for him. Also the fact that the British girl group Bananarama in 1986 with Venus came to be number one in the US and earned a lot of royalties-that Robbie was for him a reason to stop Shocking Blue. In 1986, still with a partially new Shocking Blue-line up the single "The jury and the judge", which actually also received considerable attention, once again, what. In 1994, the cd-single "Body And Soul" released on the Red Bullet label, produced by Rob van Leeuwen itself. ===Later years<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 1988 gave Veres finally launched her own group: "Veres" was born. Apart from a Shocking Blue-medley focused this group, consisting of drummer Klaus Streitwolf, guitarist André Velasquez and bassist Henk Bishop, mainly on own work. Most of the own work lay in the then very popular hard rock idiom. With this formation is a promo by the group toured and recorded there. This group was dissolved in 1993. For the sake of completeness the numbers that were included: "Strange Ways", "Your Dirty Lies", "Ready To Leave" (a rock ballad), "Hear About It Later" and "End Of The Road".

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 1993 drew Veres attention as jazz singer with her own group: The Shocking Jazz Quintet. In that year, Veres to everyone's surprise with the Clarks in a popular German program has performed live on and "Venus".Surprisingly fresh, and frivolous, only hit her appearance in as a bomb. In the same year, she also occur again with a ' reincarnation ' of Shocking Blue. There was increasing demand for the band, and by Robbie van Leeuwen Mariska got permission to operate under the name Shocking Blue. With the new formation remained Veres until her death occur. In the new line-up also played her boyfriend, guitarist André Velasquez.Mariska was good friends with Peter Tetteroo the Tee Set; with him she took in the late 1990s the song "Christmas Time" on that in a Christmas card was sent to a number of relationships. A few years later she went in on an offer by Blue Diamond Belt David to a cover of the carpenters-success "Close to you" on the cd "Out of the Blue" from The New Diamonds signed as a youth player. Its also appeared on a compilation cd "vote for Daniel" (for the benefit for the Daniel den Hoed clinic)-a Rolling Stonescover "Paint it Black". Furthermore, she made a cd with Andrei Serban (2003) entitled: "Gipsy Heart", with which she returned to her roots, the Gypsy music.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">One of the last times that Mariska live to behold was, was during two concerts by Margriet Eshuijs, where Veres was invited as a special guest. On August 25, 2006 she performed in the open-air theater Caprera, Bloemendaal in the Hague the following day zuiderpark. Apart from a number of Shocking Blue-pieces, sang Mariska also among other "River deep, mountain high", "White rabbit" and "Stand by me". Surprisingly was also the interpretation (for the first time since 1976) of "Tell it like it is". Mariska would occur later in the year a number of times, but these performances were cancelled because of her already weakened state.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Mariska Veres died on Saturday afternoon, december 2, 2006 from complications of cancer. Veres suffered a heavy form of this disease in the gallbladder, with metastases to the liver. The disease was only three weeks before her death at the Hague singer discovered. The body of Mariska Veres was cremated on december 8, 2006 in the Hague crematorium Ockenburg. ==After her death<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 2007, (posthumously) the album "Another Touch" (with various artists) released with a sultry version of ' Venus '. This number had Mariska recorded with pianist/arranger Dolf de Vries.

<p lang="en" len="487" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Need for achievement 2007 different Hague bands during a tribute to Mariska Veres by Hague during their performance at the Special Stage a song from the repertoire of Shocking Blue to play: So What ' Venus ' played, Orange Grove ' Bird of Paradise ', Leona ' Get it on ' and Hasselhoff ' Love buzz '.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">On the Hague jazz festival The Hague Jazz is one of the venues to Mariska named. The stage, that from now on "Mariska 's" hot, reverses back at each edition of the festival. But on 5 november 2011, it was announced that The Hague Jazz is bankrupt. The organization suffered a time with financial problems.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 2009 popped on market place a EP of Les Mystėres, the very first strap by Mariska. She sings on which two numbers: Summertime (solo) and Someone (a duet). The ep was recorded in 1964 the Hague by GTBand multiplied in a small print run for promotional purposes. Record club Utrecht restored the recordings and released the EP again for the fans. ==Discography<span class="mw-editsection" len="331" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Albums<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Singles<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p lang="en" len="40" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Only solo work outside of Shocking Blue to

===Top 40-markings<span class="mw-editsection" len="337" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p lang="en" len="33" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Including her work with Shocking Blue ===Mini LP-CD Series (Russian Bootleg)<span class="mw-editsection" len="358" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * 1965 Topkapi/Is it true (single) (as ' John ' on the label and ' Mariska Veres ' on the cover)
 * 1967 day and night/Al is the winter now (single) (as ' John ')
 * 1975 Tell it like it is/Wait till I get back to you (single)
 * 1974 Need you near me/it's a long hard road (single Japan)
 * 1975 Take me high/I am loving you (single)
 * 1976 Loving you/You showed me how (single)
 * 1976 Liebe ist... (Loving you)/Ich hab ' an dich geglaubt (You showed me how) (single-German-speaking countries)
 * 1976 Mach mich frei (Take me high)/Ich liebe doch nur dich (I am loving you) (single-German-speaking countries)
 * 1976 Little by little/Help the country (single)
 * 1977 Too young/You don't have to know (single)
 * 1978 Bye Bye to romance/it's a long hard road (single-"Mariska Veres Band")
 * 1978 Neon city/Asphalt (single-"Mistral")
 * 1980 Looking out for number one/So sad without you (single)
 * 1981 Super Rock Stars Live/Dance all night (single and 12-inch, if Super Rock Stars Live with Bolland and Bolland)
 * 1982 Wake up city/In the name of love (single)
 * Surfaced in 2010: Summertime-Someone/San Antonio rose-Can't you see (ep)-"Mariska Veres & Les mystères")