Golden Earring

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,[3][4] "Twilight Zone" in 1982, and "When the Lady Smiles" in 1984.[3] During their career they had nearly 30 top-ten singles on the Dutch charts and released 25 studio albums.

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Golden Earring
Golden Earring in 1974 left to right: Rinus Gerritsen, Barry Hay, Cesar Zuiderwijk, George Kooymans
Background information
Also known as	The Tornados
Origin	The Hague, Netherlands
Genres	Hard rock progressive rock[1][2]
Years active	1961–2021
Labels	Polydor, MCA, Track, Universal, Columbia, Capitol, 21, Polygram, Atlantic, Atco, First Quake, Red Bullet
Past members	Rinus Gerritsen George Kooymans Barry Hay Cesar Zuiderwijk Fred van der Hilst Hans van Herwerden Peter de Rond Frans Krassenburg Jaap Eggermont Sieb Warner Bertus Borgers Eelco Gelling Robert Jan Stips John Legrand Philip van Boom
Website	goldenearring.nl

The band went through a number of early line-up changes until settling on a stable line-up 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 following the diagnosis of Kooymans with ALS. A number of other musicians also appeared in short stints with the band over its history as well.