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's-Gravenhage, Netherlands (1961 – present)
Golden Earring is the best known and internationally most succesful rock band to come out of the Netherlands.
Founded in 1961, Golden Earring has been active for 50 years non-stop. The current line-up has been together since 1970, which makes Golden Earring the world’s longest surviving rock band, having been formed a year before The Rolling Stones.
In 1961 George Kooymans (age 13) and his neighbour Rinus Gerritsen formed The Tornados in their home town of The Hague. The band’s first line-up mainly played The Shadows covers and other instrumental tunes.
In 1963, as the band found out that there already was a British band called The Tornados, they decided to change their name into The Golden Earrings (after a Peggy Lee song). Under the Golden Earrings moniker the band recorded four albums and had twelve hit singles in the Netherlands between 1965 and 1969, of which ten reached the Dutch Top 10.
The band’s international career modestly started to take off in 1969, the year of their psychedelic Eight Miles High album, their first tour of the U.S. and also the year in which the band name was slightly changed into Golden Earring.
A year later, in 1970, a new dummer was recruited. The new line-up was the line-up that is still active today: Barry Hay (lead vocals/guitar/flute), George Kooymans (guitar/vocals), Cesar Zuiderwijk (drums) and Rinus Gerritsen (bass/harmonica/keyboards).
Founded in 1961, Golden Earring has been active for 50 years non-stop. The current line-up has been together since 1970, which makes Golden Earring the world’s longest surviving rock band, having been formed a year before The Rolling Stones.
In 1961 George Kooymans (age 13) and his neighbour Rinus Gerritsen formed The Tornados in their home town of The Hague. The band’s first line-up mainly played The Shadows covers and other instrumental tunes.
In 1963, as the band found out that there already was a British band called The Tornados, they decided to change their name into The Golden Earrings (after a Peggy Lee song). Under the Golden Earrings moniker the band recorded four albums and had twelve hit singles in the Netherlands between 1965 and 1969, of which ten reached the Dutch Top 10.
The band’s international career modestly started to take off in 1969, the year of their psychedelic Eight Miles High album, their first tour of the U.S. and also the year in which the band name was slightly changed into Golden Earring.
A year later, in 1970, a new dummer was recruited. The new line-up was the line-up that is still active today: Barry Hay (lead vocals/guitar/flute), George Kooymans (guitar/vocals), Cesar Zuiderwijk (drums) and Rinus Gerritsen (bass/harmonica/keyboards).
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Moontan
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The Continuing Story Of Radar Love
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Menno75 wrote:
I uploaded a cool Golden Earring picture from 1974. Please vote for it and help making it the avatar! http://www.last.fm/music/Golden+Earring/+images/72818856
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PunkyFunkyDucky wrote:
Cesar Zuiderwijk rockt 'em!
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foreigner97 wrote:
Ze waren super in Drachten:) Niks te horen van de stemproblemen: klonk precies hetzelfde als op de LP's :)
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Menno75 wrote:
Great Twitter account for Golden Earring news in English: http://twitter.com/EarringTweets
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Necromancer wrote:
Golden Earring is in the BeNeLux Rock League, check it out at http://www.last.fm/group/BeNeLux+Rock+League
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Menno75 wrote:
Finally, a more recent picture...
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Mijibijin wrote:
These guys are a fucking goldmine.
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leftblaank wrote:
Who cares about the charts. This band ROCK!
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Menno75 wrote:
@ TheDarkSide73: Yes. Two Hit Wonder in the U.S., One Hit Wonder in the U.K. (Radar Love), Three Hit Wonder in Canada (Radar Love, Twilight Zone and When The Lady Smiles all Top 3). In Holland: five #1 singles, another 22 in the Top 10, over 30 Gold and Platinum albums, 400 weeks in the charts in total...
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TheDarkSide73 wrote:
A Two Hit Wonder Band (at least here in the U.S.)
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Sigibert wrote:
+1
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j3lle wrote:
This is are not the charts i expected to see.. why does radar love has so many plays? They have made tons of great songs..
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Sigibert wrote:
Twilight zone is the best song ever ♥
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DarkElement wrote:
Natuurlijk mn favoriete Nederlandse band! :)
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alienagent wrote:
Place is a madhouse ... feels like being cloned.
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Kelevra26 wrote:
http://www.lastfm.ru/music/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F - This is the band; (Aria – Беспечный ангел - This is the song). This songs are not so different, because music was not changed. This band "Aria" just translated the text of this song from english into russia
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ALEXX1957 wrote:
YESSSSSSSSSS!!!
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Kelevra26 wrote:
Yep. The cover version of this song was a fantastic hit in Russia. But original version has never been very famous. Unfortunately)
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SashaPrestig wrote:
Going to the run отлично.
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cbihaxep wrote:
Twilight Zone
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Golden Earring
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- Mar 19 Golden Earring Parktheater, Eindhoven, Netherlands
- Mar 21 Golden Earring Schouwburg Kunstmin, Dordrecht, Netherlands
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