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“Venus” / “Hot Sand” – Doyle’s Space: Music Hall of Fame – SOS Award

This “Stand Out Single” was #1 in the United States, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.

Venus” / “Hot Sand” by Shocking Blue is one of the most iconic European rock singles of the late 1960s, released originally in the Netherlands in July 1969 on the Pink Elephant label and later in the United States by Colossus Records. Written and produced by the band’s guitarist Robbie van Leeuwen,

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