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Robbie van Leeuwen

Robbie van Leeuwen, Dutch musician and songwriter

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Born
October 29, 1944
Age in 2026
82
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1944

About Robbie van Leeuwen

Robbie van Leeuwen is a Dutch musician who was a guitarist, sitarist, background vocalist and main songwriter for multiple Dutch bands, including The Motions and Shocking Blue, with whom he recorded the worldwide hit "Venus". In 1967, he played guitar on the only single ever released by "The Six Young Riders" titled "Let the Circle Be Unbroken". As of January 2023, he is the only surviving member of Shocking Blue's best known four-piece lineup. Together with Rick van der Linden, Van Leeuwen founded Mistral in 1977. It was his first interview in years since Van Leeuwen is known to be very media-shy. In 1967 he founded the band Shocking Blue, which had a No. 1 hit in 1969 with the single "Venus".

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Robbie van Leeuwen timeline

  1. In 1967 he founded the band Shocking Blue, which had a No. 1 hit in 1969 with the single "Venus".
  2. In 1967, he played guitar on the only single ever released by "The Six Young Riders" titled "Let the Circle Be Unbroken".
  3. Together with Rick van der Linden, Van Leeuwen founded Mistral in 1977.

The world when Robbie van Leeuwen was born

Robbie van Leeuwen was born in 1944. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1944

  • #1 song"Swinging on a Star" – Bing Crosby
  • Top movieGoing My Way
  • Best-selling bookStrange Fruit – Lillian Smith

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGreen Bay Packers win NFL Championship
  • Top headlineD-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6
  • Technology milestoneHarvard Mark I computer begins operations
  • Defining fadBobby socks
  • Notable inventionKidney dialysis machine
  • World population2.39 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population138.4M

1944 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Robbie van Leeuwen's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19442026
Gas$0.21$3.45/gal
Average home$5,800$435,000
Average income$4,200$67,500
Minimum wage$0.30$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.27$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population138.4M341 million

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