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'''Mariska Veres''' ({{Pronunciation|mariskaveres.ogg}}) ( |
'''Maria Elizabeth Ender''', better known as'''Mariska Veres''' ({{Pronunciation|mariskaveres.ogg}}) (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 (cosmetics)|kohl-rimmed]] eyes, high cheekbones, and long jet black hair, which was actually a wig.<ref name=inde>{{cite news|last1=Perrone|first1=Pierre|title=Mariska Veres|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/mariska-veres-427159.html|accessdate=2015-10-16|work=The Independent|date=2006-12-05}}</ref><ref name=imdb>{{cite web|title=Mariska Veres Biography|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2272333/bio|website=IMDb|accessdate=2015-10-16}}</ref> |
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== Biography == |
== Biography == |
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=== Family === |
=== Family === |
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Veres was born in [[The Hague]], in [[the Netherlands]]. Her father was the Hungarian [[Romani people|Romani]] violinist ''Lajos Veres'' (1912–1981), and her mother ''Maria Ender'' (1912–1986) was of French and Russian heritage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/mariska|title=Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland|date=September 17, 2019|website=resources.huygens.knaw.nl}}</ref> |
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She often accompanied her father on the piano as a child,<ref name=imdb/> along with her elder sister Ilonka; she has also a younger sister, Irene, who never had a career in music.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} |
She often accompanied her father on the piano as a child,<ref name=imdb/> along with her elder sister Ilonka; she has also a younger sister, Irene, who never had a career in music.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} |
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Mariska Veres | |
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 Mariska Veres in 2006 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Maria Elisabeth Ender |
| Born | 1 October 1947 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Died | 2 December 2006 (aged 59) The Hague, Netherlands |
| Genres | Psychedelic rock, pop, jazz |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, keyboards |
| Years active | 1963–2006 |
Maria Elizabeth Ender, better known asMariska Veres (ⓘ) (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.[1][2]
Biography
Family
Veres was born in The Hague, in the Netherlands. Her father was the Hungarian Romani violinist Lajos Veres (1912–1981), and her mother Maria Ender (1912–1986) was of French and Russian heritage.[3]
She often accompanied her father on the piano as a child,[2] along with her elder sister Ilonka; she has also a younger sister, Irene, who never had a career in music.[citation needed]
Singing career
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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,[1] 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 Diablo" (in English/Spanish, 1997), and with "Dolf de Vries" (a lounge version of "Venus", 2005–2006).
Personal life and death
Veres 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".[1]
Veres died of gallbladder cancer on 2 December 2006 at age 59, just three weeks after the disease had been detected.[4][5]
Discography
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 Don'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), album by Mariska Veres Shocking Jazz Quintet
- 2003 Gipsy Heart (Red Bullet), album by Mariska Veres & Ensemble Andrei Serban
References
- ^ a b c Perrone, Pierre (2006-12-05). "Mariska Veres". The Independent. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
- ^ a b "Mariska Veres Biography". IMDb. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
- ^ "Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland". resources.huygens.knaw.nl. September 17, 2019.
- ^ "Google Translate". Translate.google.com. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "Original 'Venus' singer dies". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 3 December 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
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- 1947 births
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- Deaths from cancer in the Netherlands
- Dutch contraltos
- Dutch people of French descent
- Dutch people of Hungarian descent
- Dutch people of Russian descent
- Dutch Romani people
- English-language singers from the Netherlands
- Female rock singers
- Musicians from The Hague
- People of Hungarian-Romani descent
- Romani singers
- 20th-century Dutch singers
- 20th-century Dutch women singers
- 21st-century Dutch women singers
- 21st-century Dutch singers
- Deaths from gallbladder cancer