Golden Earring
- nederpop
- classic rock
- Netherlands
- formed 1961, Den Haag
- disbanded 2021
- 1 album
- 47 Dutch Top 40 hits
- 2026
Golden Earring is a group from the Netherlands, formed on 2 September 1961 in Den Haag and disbanded on 5 February 2021. Over the years, George Kooymans, Rinus Gerritsen, Barry Hay, Cesar Zuiderwijk, Fred van der Hilst, Frans Krassenburg, Jaap Eggermont, Sieb Warner and two others played in the group. The collection holds one album by the group: Essential Earring, from 2026. On top of that, the group appears on one album by others. In all, 47 records reached the Dutch Top 40, five of them the top spot. The highest was Back Home: number 1 in week 34 of 1970.
Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs
Albums by Golden Earring
Click the cover and you get the tracks per side, with the whole album on Spotify.
Sound of Golden Earring
Golden Earring sounds brighter than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 117 bpm.
Across 10 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of Golden Earring
The ten members of Golden Earring, with the years they belonged to the group, including anyone who left for a while and came back. The thin lines are the albums and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line and click for the album or the weekly chart. A linked name has its own page.
George Kooymans
Rinus Gerritsen
Barry Hay
Cesar Zuiderwijk
Fred van der Hilst
Frans Krassenburg
Jaap Eggermont
Sieb Warner
Robert Jan Stips
Eelco Gelling197019801990200020102020Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Member until the end
Also appears on
Golden Earring also appears on an album by others: NOW That's What I Call Rock Anthems.
Biggest hits of Golden Earring
In the Dutch Top 40, Golden Earring had 47 records. Each record shows its peak position, how long it stayed in the chart and the week of that peak. These are the five biggest. The button after the list opens all of them, with the run from week to week.
week 36, 1968389weeks in the chart
with 47 records1965first entry
week 39, 19652005latest entry
week 11, 200530years with an entry
- 1Back HomeGolden Earring197020 weeks
- 1Dong-Dong-Di-Ki-Di-Gi-DongGolden Earring196813 weeks
- 1Radar LoveGolden Earring197313 weeks
- 1Twilight ZoneGolden Earring198210 weeks
- 1When The Lady SmilesGolden Earring198410 weeks
All 47 records by Golden Earring in the Dutch Top 40
Source: top40.nl
Frequently asked questions
How many albums by Golden Earring are in the collection?
There is one: Essential Earring, from 2026.
Which Dutch Top 40 hits did Golden Earring have?
Golden Earring had 47 records in the Dutch Top 40, five of them at number 1. The best-charting record is Back Home, which reached number 1 in week 34 of 1970.
Who played in Golden Earring?
Over the years that was George Kooymans, Rinus Gerritsen, Barry Hay, Cesar Zuiderwijk, Fred van der Hilst, Frans Krassenburg, Jaap Eggermont, Sieb Warner, Robert Jan Stips and Eelco Gelling. The timeline shows the years each member belonged to the group; anyone with a page of their own is linked in the side column.
Which albums by other artists feature Golden Earring?
Golden Earring appears on one album by others: NOW That's What I Call Rock Anthems.
How do you play the music of Golden Earring?
Open an album and use the round Spotify button after a track. The Dutch Top 40 entries have the same button. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
Keep exploring
If you have landed here, you probably want to keep going: an album, an artist, a week in the Dutch Top 40 or a concert.