They hit the American market for long tours with such acts as Santana, the Doobie Brothers, & J Geils. Golden Earring have grabbed the golden ring with "Radar Love" and the album "Moontan". Already on the way up to stardom in Europe, 1973 becomes their big year.That most driven of driving songs is released on the world. They sign on to the Who's Track label, which released a compilation of Dutch singles, Hearing Earring, helping the group break through in England. By '71, they are a regular presence on Dutch charts, and are starting to climb up the ladder in Germany. As with many late 60s groups, they find themselves looking for their own style for several years before settling on straightforward hard rock, initially much like that of the Who, who invited them to open their 1972 European tour.įrom '69 and their first tour in the U.S., through their Europeen treks in the early 70s, the group slowly builds up a following. Come 1968, they top the Dutch charts for the first of many times with "Dong-Dong-Di-Ki-Di-Gi-Dong," a song that spread their name through Europe.īy 1969, the rest of the lineup had stabilized, with lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Barry Hay and drummer Cesar Zuiderwijk. Their next single "That Day",went up to # 2 on the Dutch charts, stopped only by the Beatles "Michelle". It reached number 9 on the music charts in The Netherlands. They achieve their first success in 1965 with "Please Go," as a pop rock band with Frans Krassenburg as lead singer. Originally called The Tornados, the name was changed to Golden Earrings, when they discovered that The Tornados was already in use by another group.Their name was from a song originally sung by Marlene Dietrich in 1947 and a hit for Peggy Lee in 1948, with which they opened their concerts. Golden Earring was formed in 1961 in The Hague by 13-year-old George Kooymans and his 15-year-old neighbour, Rinus Gerritsen. And they're still a vital musical force ! So here is a brief overview : This is one of the rock groups, that along with the Stones and Status Quo have been around for over 4 decades. A concise one would still take up much space. Founded in The Hague, Netherlands in 1961 - Still active as of 2018Ī complete bio of this group would take up a few pages.
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