Shocking Blue is one of those quintessentially Seventies band names. The enticing hint of naughtiness was enhanced not only by their exotic Dutchness (who ever heard of Dutch pop?!) but by sultry singer Mariska Veres, with her smouldering stage presence and peculiar pronunciation: “I’m your Venus, I’m your fire… JORE desire!”

Shocking Blue came from The Hague in Holland and were signed, rather aptly, to a label called Pink Elephant. Although this was their only hit here (yes, another 1970 one-hit wonder) they can claim another, bigger, entry in the annals of musical history – launching the career of Nirvana.

Their 1969 hit Love Buzz somehow reached the ears of a young Kurt Cobain in Seattle – even though he was only two when it came out – and he chose to cover it for his new band’s first single in 1988. It went on to appear on Nirvana’s debut album Bleach (and was also covered by The Prodigy, who changed its name to Phoenix).

Back when Kurt was only three, Venus topped the charts in 12 countries (including the USA but not the UK, where it peaked at No.8), selling more than 7.5 million copies worldwide – even before Bananarama took it to number one 20 years later.

The music, I now realise, is actually an adaptation of the 19th century minstrel song Oh Susanna (TRIGGER WARNING: contains the N-word) later bowdlerised and popularised as The Banjo Song by Tim Rose and his American folk group The Big Three in 1963.