The song Venus is a written Shocking Blue's, Robbie van Leeuwen. He used The Banjo Song (1963) from The Big 3. Venus was released two times in the Netherlands in 1969 and both got as far a #3. In the USA the song reached #1 at the Billboard Hot 100. The Bananarama version was released in 1986. Tom Jones version even later.
http://blokhuis.radio6.nl/2007/05/01/venus-en-the-banjo-song/
Two different songs:
Frankie Avalon in 1958
Shocking Blue in 1970 and Bananarama in 1986
If it's the song "Venus" by Shocking Blue it was in 1969.
Frankie Avalon
Terry S. Smith wrote the words and music
Duke Ellington song
if i am not mistaken Tim Jensen wrote the words to the song, Scott Matthew does the vocals and Yoko Kanno did the music.....
Py Bachman, wrote the words...Swedish singer, songwriter, instrumentalist...65
Sonia Aletta Nel
Terry S. Smith wrote the words and music
Duke Ellington song
if i am not mistaken Tim Jensen wrote the words to the song, Scott Matthew does the vocals and Yoko Kanno did the music.....
if i am not mistaken Tim Jensen wrote the words to the song, Scott Matthew does the vocals and Yoko Kanno did the music.....
Py Bachman, wrote the words...Swedish singer, songwriter, instrumentalist...65
Oliver Hood in 1933
James Heitfield. i love that song
"Words" is the title of several songs. Click the link for a list of them.
Sonia Aletta Nel
{| |- | Francis Scott Key wrote the words to the Star Spangled Banner. He did not write the music. The melody came from an old drinking song. |}
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote this song Vande Mataram using words from Sanskrit and Bengali.
William T. Purdy wrote the melody for On Wisconsin. Carl Beck wrote the lyrics to make it a fight song for the University of Madison. Charles Rosa and wrote the words for the state song. John Philip Sousa thought it was the best fight song ever written.