Golden Earring were a Dutch pop rock group formed in The Hague in 1961 by
childhood friends George Kooymans and Rinus Gerritsen. They started performing
as The Tornados before changing their renaming themselves Golden Earring after
The Hunter’s instrumental track of the same name. Their first single, the 1965
Nederbeat track “Please Go” broke into the Dutch Top 10 and was later included
in their studio debut Just Ear-rings, released later that year. Follow-up
singles “That Day” and “If You Leave Me” enjoyed a similar degree of success,
peaking at Number 2 and 8, respectively. Gol...