Barry Hay

Known for ActingBorn 1949-08-16 (age 76)Faizabad, India

Barry Andrew Hay (born in Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, 16 August 1948) is a Dutch rock singer, best known for his 54 years as frontman of Golden Earring (1967-2021), the internationally most successful band to come out of The Netherlands. Hay also released three albums under his own name. Hay was born in India, spent most of his life living in Amsterdam and The Hague, but (since 2008) resides on the island of Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles). He was recruited as the new singer of the Golden Earrings (as Golden Earring was then named) in 1967, after brief stints with The Hague beat groups, Don't and The Haigs. With Golden Earring, Hay enjoyed international chart success with singles such as Radar Love (1973), Twilight Zone (1982) and When The Lady Smiles (1984). Hay co-wrote much of Golden Earring's music (with George Kooymans) and wrote many of the band's lyrics. In their home country Golden Earring had over 40 hits and made over 30 gold and platinum albums. They sold millions of albums worldwide. Barry Hay released three solo albums under his own name. The first two - Only Parrots, Frogs & Angels (1972) and Victory Of Bad Taste (1987) - mostly consist of original material, whereas The Big Band Theory (2008) is a covers album, recorded 'big band style' with Amsterdam's Metropole Big Band. In 2012 he launched a new project: Barry Hay's Flying V Formation, a band in which Hay is backed by four young(er) musicians. The group's sole studio album came out in May 2016. From 2019 onwards Hay also recorded and released two albums with JB Meijers.Read more

Movies & web series

Golden Earring - Five Zero at the Ziggo Dome

Matthijs gaat door

The Grand Tour

Golden Earring: The Naked Truth

The Dick Maas Method

De Wereld Draait Door

Golden Earring: Live in Ahoy

Exit

Golden Earring - One Last Night

Golden Earring - You Know We Love You

On Stage

Golden Earring - 50 Years Anniversary Album

Best Of Night Of The Proms vol. 6

Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 5

Enkele Reis Paradijs

Ruby Wax Goes Dutch

Cuby & The Blizzards: The Jubilee Concert

Golden Earring: Naked III

Back To The 80's - Live In Concert

Golden Earring: Last Blast of the Century

Weltevreden op 10: Percy's Place!

Golden Earring - Don't stop the show 1998

Golden Earring: Naked II

Golden Earring - Live From The Twilight Zone

Golden Earring: Twilight Zone

Golden Earring: At Rockpalast

Barry Hay And The Metropole Big Band - The Big Band Theory live in Paradiso

Golden Earring - Millbrook U.S.A