# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robbie-van-leeuwen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:02:44.904Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robbie-van-leeuwen"
name: "Robbie van Leeuwen"
slug: "robbie-van-leeuwen"
description: "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."
tagline: "Dutch musician, songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robbie_van_Leeuwen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1944-10-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.34
  momentum:             4.814965986394558
  historical:           12.44803466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3058897/"
    handle:    "nm3058897"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/514901"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%89_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "روبى ڤان ليوين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbi_van_Leuven"
    title: "Robbi van Leuven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_van_Leeuwen"
    title: "Robbie van Leeuwen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_van_Leeuwen"
    title: "Robbie van Leeuwen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_van_Leeuwen"
    title: "Robbie van Leeuwen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_van_Leeuwen"
    title: "Robbie van Leeuwen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_van_Leeuwen"
    title: "Robbie van Leeuwen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_van_Leeuwen"
    title: "Robbie van Leeuwen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_van_Leeuwen"
    title: "Robbie van Leeuwen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B1%D0%B8"
    title: "Ван Леувен, Робби"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_van_Leeuwen"
    title: "Robbie van Leeuwen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B1%D1%96_%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Роббі ван Леейвен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a8e9957b-09ae-4ec9-aeb2-a4fff78a034a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2087732"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1531274"
    title: "Robbie van Leeuwen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump