Golden Earring "Moontan" 1973 - Rinus Gerritsen / Bass, Keyboards - Barry Hay / Vocals, Flute, Sax, Guitar - George Kooymans / Guitar, Vocals - Cesar Zuiderwijk / Drums Guest Musicians: - Patricia Paay / Vocals - Eelco Gelling / Slide guitar - Bertus Borgers / Sax Golden Earring biography A complete bio of this group would take up a few pages. A concise one would still take up much space. This is one of the rock groups, that along with the Stones and Status Quo have been around for over 4 decades. And they're still a vital musical force ! So here is a brief overview : Golden Earring was formed in 1961 in The Hague by 13-year-old George Kooymans and his 15-year-old neighbour, Rinus Gerritsen. 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 concert! s. They achieve their first success in 1965 with "Please Go," as a pop rock band with Frans Krassenburg as lead singer. It reached number 9 on the music charts in The Netherlands. Their next single "That Day",went up to # 2 on the Dutch charts, stopped only by the Beatles "Michelle". 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. By 1969, the rest of the lineup had stabilized, with lead vocalist and multi ...
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