Robbie van Leeuwen (born 29 October 1944) is a Dutch musician[1] 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".

Van Leeuwen formed The Motions in 1964 with Rudy Bennett, Henk Smitskamp, and Sieb Warner.

[4] In 1974 he left Shocking Blue and released the successful single "Long Hot Summer" with his new band Galaxy-Lin.

[5][6] In January 2019 he was interviewed on Dutch television during a broadcast of the daily talkshow 'De Wereld Draait Door' in connection with his 75th birthday in October of the same year.

Several bands played compositions by Van Leeuwen in 'De Wereld Draait Door' after this broadcast during the weeks that followed.