Mariska Veres (1,515 views)

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Vocal Range: E♭3-G5
Voice Type: Never Marry a Railroad Mezzo
Associated Acts: Shocking Blue, Shocking Jazz Quintet, Ensemble Andrei Serban
Years Active: 1963-2006
Nationality: Dutch

Mariska Veres was a dutch singer and musician being very famous for her work as lead singer from dutch band: Shocking Blue, reaching international fame along her band partners mainly for "Venus" song at late 60s.
She realased some singles at 70s second half after Shocking Blue rupture. After that, she just recorded two albums on 1993 with "Shocking Jazz Quintet", and on 2003 with "Ensemble Andrei Serban" (virtually gypsy music) and some TV performances here and there.
She died on 2 December 2006 age 59, three weeks after her gallbladder cancer has been detected.

Significant High Notes:

G5 (“A Lot Of Livin' To Do”, “Never Release The One You Love”)
F5 (“So Sad Without You")
E5 ("Loving You”, “Never Release The One You Love”)
E♭5 (“So Sad Without You", “You Really Got Me”, "You'll Come")
D5 (“The Devil And The Angel”, "Good Times", "Jambalaya", “Let Me Carry Your Bag”, "Little by Little”, “Move Over” live, “Niko Niko”, “Paint it Black”, “Try A Little Tenderness”, “Will The Circle Be Unbroken”, “You Showed Me How", "You'll Come")
C♯5 (“Eve And The Apple”, "Looking Out for Number One”, "Loving You”, “Milyen Szep Az Elet”, “Paint it Black”, “River Deep Mountain High” live with Ike & Tina Turner 2006, "Send Me a Postcard", "Shocking You", “Shocking You!”, “So Sad Without You", “Tell It Like It Is”, "This America", "Tobacco Road")
C5 ("Bye Bye to Romance”, “Come My Way”, “Dag En Nacht”, “Devi's Suite”, “Eve And The Apple”, "Hot Sand", “He's Not There”, "Hello Darkness", “I Am Loving You", “I Feel The Earth Move”, “It's a Long Hard Road", "I'll Write Your Name Through the Fire", "Long and Lonesome Road", "Moonlight Night", “Move Over” live, "Never Marry a Railroad Man" Shocking Jazz Quintet version, “Rock In The Sea”, "Send Me a Postcard", "Take Me High”, “Tell It Like It Is”, "Waterloo", “You Really Got Me”, “You Showed Me How", "You'll Come")
B4 (“All By Myself”, "Blossom Lady", "Bye Bye to Romance”, “Csaladi Civodas”, “Christmas Song” with Peter Tetteroo, "Daemon Lover", “Diana In Her Dreams”, “Eve And The Apple”, "Fireball of Love", "Good Times", "Harley Davidson", “Help the Country", “I've Spent My Money”, “In the Name of Love", "Looking Out for Number One”, “A Lot Of Livin' To Do”, "Loving You”, “Milyen Szep Az Elet”, "Mississippi Delta", “Paint it Black”, "Poor Boy (Long Version)", “River Deep Mountain High” live with Ike & Tina Turner 2006, “Rockin' Good Way”, "Sally Was a Good Old Girl", “Sanie Cu Zurgalaii”, "Seven is a Number in Magic", “Shocking You!”, “So Sad Without You", “Somebody To Love”, "This America", "Tobacco Road", "Shocking You", "Take Me High”, “Tell It Like It Is”, “Try A Little Tenderness”, “Venus” live 1985)
B♭4 (“Aj Jaj Jaj”, "Al Wordt 't Het Nu Winter”, "Alaska Country", “All By Myself”, "Ball of Confusion", "Beggin'", “Dzselem Dzselem”, “Early In The Morning”, "Jambalaya", "Keep It if You Want It", "Hello Darkness", “I Feel The Earth Move”, “I've Spent My Money”, “Is Het Waar? (Is It True?)”, “Let Me Carry Your Bag”, "Little Cooling Planet", “Never Release The One You Love”, “Ni Sirdis”, “Niko Niko”, "Pickin' Tomatoes", “Radar Love”, “Rattler”, “Rockin' Good Way”, "Sally Was a Good Old Girl", "Sleepless at Midnight", “Somebody To Love”, "Too Young”, “Topkapi”, “Veled Vagyok Meg Gondolatban”, "Venus", “Wait”, "Wake Up City”, “Wait Till' I Get Back to You", “A Waste of Time”, “You Don't Have to Know", “You Really Got Me”)
A4 (“Aj Jaj Jaj”, "Alaska Country", "Ball of Confusion", "Beggin'", "The Bird of Paradise", "Blossom Lady", “Budapeste”, "The Butterfly and I", "California Here I Come", “Christmas Song” with Peter Tetteroo, "Close To You”, “Come My Way”, “Csaladi Civodas”, “Dag En Nacht”, "Daemon Lover", “Diana In Her Dreams”, “Don't Let Your Right Know”, "Don't You See", “Dowee Dowee”, “Everything That's Mine”, "Fireball of Love", "Harley Davidson", “He's Not There”, "Hot Sand", “I Am Loving You", "I Melt Like Butter", "I Saw Your Face", "I'll Follow the Sun", "I'll Write Your Name Through the Fire", "I'm a Woman", “In My Time Of Dying”, "Inkpot", "Is This a dream?", “It's a Long Hard Road", "Keep It if You Want It", "Little by Little”, “A Little Bit Of Heaven”, "Long and Lonesome Road", “A Lot Of Livin' To Do”, "Love Sweet Love", “Milyen Szep Az Elet”, "Mississippi Delta", "Never Marry a Railroad Man", “Ni Sirdis”, “Now He's Gone”, “Oh Lord”, "Pickin' Tomatoes", "Poor Boy (Long Version)", “Radar Love”, “Rock In The Sea”, “Sanie Cu Zurgalaii”, “Save Your Love”, "Serenade", "Seven is a Number in Magic", "Shadows", "Sleepless at Midnight", “So far From Home”, "Take Me High”, “Take Your Time”, “Tavasz Es Tel”, "This America", “Veled Vagyok Meg Gondolatban”, "Velvet Heaven", "Venus", “A Waste of Time”, "Waterloo", “Where The Picknick Was”, "Who Save My Soul", “Wild Rose”)
G♯4 ("Al Wordt 't Het Nu Winter”, “Boll Weevil”, “The Devil And The Angel”, “Devi's Suite”, “Dzselem Dzselem”, “I Feel The Earth Move”, "I Melt Like Butter", "I Won't Be Lonely Long", "Is This a dream?", "Love Machine", "Mighty Joe", "Love Sweet Love", "Loving Girl", "Morning Sun", "Nashville Rebel", "Serenade", “Summertime”, "Tobacco Road", "Wake Up City”, "Water Boy", “When I Was A Girl”, “You Don't Have to Know")

Significant Low Notes:

B3 ("The Butterfly and I", "California Here I Come", “Christmas Song” with Peter Tetteroo, “Csaladi Civodas”, "Daemon Lover", “The Devil And The Angel”, “Dzselem Dzselem”, "Fireball of Love", "Good Times", “Help the Country", "I Love Voodoo Music", "I'll Follow the Sun", “I've Spent My Money”, "Jambalaya", “A Little Bit Of Heaven”, "Mighty Joe", "Nashville Rebel", “Niko Niko”, “Oh Lord”, “Paint it Black”, “Rattler”, “River Deep Mountain High” live with Ike & Tina Turner 2006, "Sally Was a Good Old Girl", "Serenade", “Shocking You!”, “Somebody To Love”, "Take Me High”, "This America", "Tobacco Road", “Try A Little Tenderness”, “Wait”, "Wake Up City”, “Will The Circle Be Unbroken”, “You Don't Have to Know")
B♭3 ("Al Wordt 't Het Nu Winter”, "Bye Bye to Romance”, “Devi's Suite”, “Help the Country", “I Feel The Earth Move”, "I'm a Woman", “In the Name of Love", “Is Het Waar? (Is It True?)”, “Let Me Carry Your Bag”, "Looking Out for Number One”, "Never Marry a Railroad Man" Shocking Jazz Quintet version, “Never Release The One You Love”, “Ni Sirdis”, “Paint it Black”, "Pickin' Tomatoes", “Radar Love”, “Rockin' Good Way”, “Topkapi”, “Wait Till' I Get Back to You")
A3 (“Aj Jaj Jaj”, "The Bird of Paradise", “Broken Heart”, “Budapeste”, “Don't Let Your Right Know”, “Early In The Morning”, “Everything That's Mine”, "Fireball of Love", "Hello Darkness", "Hot Sand", "I Love Voodoo Music", "I Won't Be Lonely Long", "I'll Write Your Name Through the Fire", "I'm a Woman", “In My Time Of Dying”, “Just A Song”, "Little by Little”, "Long and Lonesome Road", “A Lot Of Livin' To Do”, "Loving You”, “Milyen Szep Az Elet”, “Move Over” live, "My Life", "Nashville Rebel", "Navajo Tears", “Ni Sirdis”, “Niko Niko”, “Now He's Gone”, “River Deep Mountain High” live with Ike & Tina Turner 2006, “Sanie Cu Zurgalaii”, “Save Your Love”, “So far From Home”, "Take Me High”, “Tavasz Es Tel”, “Tell It Like It Is”, "This America", “Time Slips Away”, "Who Save My Soul", “Wild Rose”, "Wild Wind", “Will The Circle Be Unbroken”, "You'll Come")
G♯3 (“All By Myself”, "Don't You See", "I'll Write Your Name Through the Fire", “Is Het Waar? (Is It True?)”, "Looking Out for Number One”, "Love Sweet Love", "Loving Girl", "Morning Sun", “Summertime”, “When I Was A Girl”, “Where The Picknick Was”, “You Really Got Me”, "You'll Come")
G3 (“Aj Jaj Jaj”, “Broken Heart”, “Dream On Dreamer”, “Dzselem Dzselem”, “Early In The Morning”, “Everything That's Mine”, “He's Not There”, "Hot Sand", “I Built My World Around You”, “A Lot Of Livin' To Do”, "Mississippi Delta", "Never Marry a Railroad Man" Shocking Jazz Quintet version, “Never Release The One You Love”, “Now He's Gone”, "The Queen", “Radar Love”, “Save Your Love”, “Time Slips Away”, “Try A Little Tenderness”, “Where The Picknick Was”, "Wild Wind")
F♯3 (“All By Myself”, “Csaladi Civodas”, “In My Time Of Dying”, "Loving Girl", “Tavasz Es Tel”, “Veled Vagyok Meg Gondolatban”, “You Really Got Me”)
F3 ("Don't You See", “Dzselem Dzselem”, "Good Times", “I Feel The Earth Move”, “A Little Bit Of Heaven”, "Love Sweet Love", “Never Release The One You Love”, "The Queen")
E3 ("The Bird of Paradise", “Close To You”, “I Feel The Earth Move”, "Mississippi Delta", “Veled Vagyok Meg Gondolatban”, “Try A Little Tenderness”)
E♭3 (“Milyen Szep Az Elet”, “Veled Vagyok Meg Gondolatban”)

Blue marks clear falsetto notes.
Underlines marks notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics marks non-melodic notes.
Bold marks particular impressive/great notes

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{NOTEWATCHED MATERIAL (ALBUM RANGES)}
Shocking Blue:
1969 At Home: G♯3-C5 (G3-C5 REISSUE BONUS TRACKS)
1970 Scorpio’s Dance: A3-B4 (A3-C♯5 REISSUE BONUS TRACKS)
1971 Third Album: E3-C♯5
1972 Inkpot: F3-C♯5-D5
1972 Attila: F3-D5-G5
1973 Ham: F3-C5
1974 Dream On Dreamer: F3-C5 (almost same all songs from “Ham”)
1974 Good Times: E3-D5-E♭5

Shocking Jazz Quintet:
1993 Shocking You: E3-E♭5-G5

Ensemble Andrei Serban:

2003 Gipsy Heart: E♭3-C♯5

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{QUESTIONABLE NOTES}
F♯5 (“Boll Weevil” (2)
F5 (“Dag En Nacht” (2)
E5 ("Beggin'" (2), "Loving Girl" could be not a voice)

G3 (“Close To You” (2)
E3 (“Where The Picknick Was” (1)(5)

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