Key facts
- Also known as
- The Tornados (1961–1962) The Golden Earrings (1962–1966) Golden Earrings (1966–1968) The Golden Earring (1969)
- Origin
- The Hague , Netherlands
- Genres
- Hard rock blues rock jazz rock psychedelic rock garage rock
- Works
- Discography
- Years active
- 1961–2021 2026
- Labels
- Polydor MCA Track Universal Columbia Capitol 21 Polygram Atlantic Atco First Quake Red Bullet
- Past members
- George Kooymans Rinus Gerritsen Fred van der Hilst Hans van Herwerden Peter de Rond Frans Krassenburg Jaap Eggermont Barry Hay Sieb Warner Cesar Zuiderwijk Robert Jan Stips Eelco Gelling
- Website
- goldenearring .nl
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Encyclopedic overview
Golden Earring was a Dutch rock band, founded in 1961 in The Hague as the Tornados. They achieved worldwide fame with their international hit songs "Radar Love" in 1973, which went to number one on the Dutch chart, reached the top ten in the United Kingdom, and went to number thirteen on the United States chart, "Back Home" in 1970, "Twilight Zone" in 1982, and "When the Lady Smiles" in 1984. During their career they had nearly 30 top-ten singles on the Dutch charts and released 25 studio albums.
The band went through a number of early personnel changes until settling on a stable lineup in 1970, consisting of Rinus Gerritsen (bass and keyboards), George Kooymans (vocals and guitar), Barry Hay (vocals, guitar, flute and saxophone), and Cesar Zuiderwijk (drums and percussion), which remained unchanged until the band broke up in 2021 when the band announced that Kooymans was diagnosed with ALS. A number of other musicians also appeared in short stints with the band over its history.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Golden Earring” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.