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    Golden Earring were a Dutch rock band, founded in 1961 in The Hague as The Tornados. They achieved worldwide fame with their international hit songs "Radar...
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    Earring (Dutch: Meisje met de parel) is an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer, dated c. 1665. Going by various names over the centuries...
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    The discography of Dutch rock band Golden Earring, which consists of 26 studio albums, 8 live albums, 3 compilation albums, and 74 singles. Kent, David...
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    Rinus Gerritsen (category Golden Earring members)
    The Hague in 1946. He has a brother, Rob, who is three years older and is the manager for Golden Earring, doing bookings and administration for the band...
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    Barry Hay (category Golden Earring members)
    1948) is an Indian-born Dutch musician; he was the lead vocalist and frontman of Dutch rock band Golden Earring from 1967 until their disbandment in 2021....
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    George Kooymans (category Golden Earring members)
    with the Dutch group Golden Earring. Kooymans wrote "Twilight Zone", the group's only top 10 entry on the US Billboard Hot 100, which hit No. 1 on the Billboard...
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    Cesar Zuiderwijk (category Golden Earring members)
    known as the drummer of the Dutch rock band Golden Earring from 1970 until their retirement in 2021. He was asked to replace Golden Earring drummer Sieb...
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    Jaap Eggermont (category Golden Earring members)
    1965 until 1969 as the drummer of the band Golden Earrings. After leaving that band, which soon changed its name to Golden Earring, Eggermont became a...
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    The Mauritshuis (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmʌurɪtsˌɦœys], The Hague dialect: [ˈmɑːʁɪtsˌɦœːs]; lit. 'Maurice House') is an art museum in The Hague, Netherlands...
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    Eelco Gelling (category Golden Earring members)
    first live album "Golden Earring Live". Eelco helps the group deliver many of their classics including an extended version of the group's smash hit "Radar...
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    1969 and 1970. The band sold 13 million records by 1973 but disbanded in 1974. Together with Golden Earring, they are considered the most successful...
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  • E.H. Roelfzema (category Writers from The Hague)
    Dutch rock band Golden Earring recorded numerous lyrics by E.H. Roelfzema, including the band's signature tunes: The Naked Truth. The Nine-Fingered Man...
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    goldfinch. Signed and dated 1654, it is now in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague, Netherlands. The work is a trompe-l'œil oil on panel measuring...
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  • people from The Hague. See also: List of mayors of The Hague Jozias van Aartsen (born 1947), former foreign minister; former Mayor of The Hague Ivo Daalder...
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  • historian. He works as the chief curator at the Mauritshuis in The Hague, and is regarded as a specialist in the painting of the Dutch Golden Age. Buvelot studied...
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    Robert Jan Stips (category Golden Earring members)
    to an invitation to join Golden Earring, one of the most successful Dutch groups of the time. In 1975, Stips appeared on the group's follow-up to their...
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  • capital, where bands such as "the Golden Earrings" (the predecessor of Golden Earring), InCrowd, Q65, Het, Sandy Coast and The Motions were formed, along...
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  • of the 1960s came from The Hague, such as Shocking Blue, which topped the US charts in 1970 with Venus, Golden Earring, Q65, The Motions and Earth & Fire...
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    means that the specific artist who created it is unknown. The Hague School of the 19th century re-interpreted the range of subjects of the Golden Age in contemporary...
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    Netherlands (redirect from The netherlands)
    originated in the 1960s, heavily influenced by popular music from the United States and Britain. Bands such as Shocking Blue, Golden Earring, Tee Set, George...
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  • Dean while Stips left the band to play keyboard in another Dutch band, Golden Earring. The band decided to split up after the release of their fifth...
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  • 1950s, in the United Kingdom and United States. The style is sung in both Dutch and English. Some of the latter exponents, such as Golden Earring and Shocking...
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    Bojoura (category Musicians from The Hague)
    Kooymans of the rock band Golden Earring, who went on to write and produce many of her songs. Bojoura scored her first hit in June 1967 with the Kooymans...
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    Johannes Vermeer in popular culture (category Commons link is the pagename)
    culture since the rediscovery of his works by 20th century art scholars. He was recognized during his lifetime in Delft and The Hague, but his modest...
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    Ocean's Twelve, Girl with a Pearl Earring and The Hitman's Bodyguard. Amsterdam is also featured in John Green's book The Fault in Our Stars, which has been...
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  • Maria de Knuijt (category Patrons of the arts)
    paintings owned by de Knuijt, many now-famous, included Girl with a Pearl Earring. The collection was inherited by their daughter and her husband, Magdalena...
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    Anouk (singer) (category Musicians from The Hague)
    written in collaboration with fellow Golden Earring member George Kooymans. After she met Bart van Veen, her co-writer, the pair wrote a few songs. On 5 September...
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    moderately successful provincial genre painter, recognized in Delft and The Hague. He produced relatively few paintings, primarily earning his living as...
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    In the 1960s and 1970s, the lyrics were mostly in English, and some tracks were instrumental. Bands such as Shocking Blue, (the) Golden Earring and Focus...
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  • Sjoerd Koppert (category Musicians from The Hague)
    Corporation at the time, as well as the development of the first live surround-sound (quadraphonic) systems (Pink Floyd, Golden Earring). He left the music industry...
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