The Golden Earrings

THE GOLDEN EARRINGS

Golden Earring is a Dutch rock band, founded in 1961 in The Hague as the Golden Earrings (the ‘s’ was dropped in 1969). They achieved worldwide fame with their international hit songs “Radar Love” in 1973, “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; over the years they produced 25 studio albums. The band’s lineup currently consists of co-founders Rinus Gerritsen (bass and keyboards) and George Kooymans (vocals and guitar), along with Barry Hay (vocals, guitar, flute and saxophone) and Cesar Zuiderwijk (drums and percussion). All musicians in the present lineup of the band have been continuous members of the band since 1970. (More from Wikipedia)

Golden Earring (originally known as the Golden Earrings or the Golden Ear-Rings) formed in 1961 and are still together.

I have since read that the initial release of the Skywalkers album Year One sold out, and a re-release of the album in Spain was expected; as Jacco Gardner put it in an interview: “We will remaster the recordings with Jean Audier, the sound engineer who worked with groups like Q65, the Golden Earrings and the Motions” – heady company indeed in my book.

(January 2013)