Barry Hay
Biography
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.
Known For & Full Filmography22 Titles
Drama Series - 2016, 16 episodes • as Self
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are back with a show about adventure, excitement and friendship... as long as you accept that the people you call friends are also the ones you find extremely annoying. Sometimes it's even a show about cars. Follow them on their global adventure.
Drama Series - 2005, 16 episodes • as Self
Talk show hosted by Matthijs van Nieuwkerk containing a mixture of news, information, television bloopers and general entertainment.
Drama Series - 2020, 16 episodes • as Self
Matthijs looks back in surprise. With humor, music and other surprises.
Drama Series - 2021, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2015, 2h 15m • as vocals, flute, rhythm guitar
Golden Earring earned a unique place in Dutch and international music history by scoring big single hits with Rock classics Radar Love and Twilight Zone. The men don't have a thing for big celebrations and anniversaries, but for the 50th anniversary an exception was made. By the end of 2015 a large anniversary concert took place at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam.
Movie - 2006, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Tracks: 1. Intro 2. Distant Smile 3. Night Train 4. Another Land 5. Too Blind To See (With Peter Van Soest Trompet) 6. Hobo Blues 7. So Many Roads (With Daniel Lohuis) 8. Going Home (With Benny Jolink) 9. Window Of My Eyes (With Huub Van Der Lubbe) 10. Nobody In Town (With Huub Van Der Lubbe) 11. Somebody Will Know Someday (With Tineke Schoenmaker & Peter Van Soest Trompet) 12. Appleknockers Flophouse (With Tineke Schoenmaker) 13. Another Day, Another Road (With Barry Hay)
Movie - 2011, 2h 15m • as Self
Best of Night of the Proms 5
Movie - 2004, 2h 15m • as Self (archive footage)
1 Tina Turner - Addicted To Love | 2 Toto - Rosanna | 3 Simple Minds - Alive And Kicking | 4 Spandau Ballet - True | 5 Cock Robin - The Promise You Made | 6 Candy Dulfer - Lily Was Here | 7 Lisa Stansfield - All Around The World | 8 The Nits - Nescio | 9 Culture Club - Victims | 10 Golden Earring - Twilight Zone | 11 The Stranglers - Always The Sun | 12 Alice Cooper - Poison | 13 Europe - The Final Countdown | 14 Joe Cocker - Unchain My Heart | 15 Lever | 42 - Love Games | 16 Earth Wind & Fire - Let's Groove | 17 Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin/I Will Survive | 18 Scorpions - Wind Of Change | 19 Crowded House - Sister Madly | 20 Sinead O'Connor - Troy
Movie - 2020, 2h 15m • as Self
Documentary on the Dutch filmmaker Dick Maas.
Movie - 2005, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Naked III (2005) is an acoustic live performance by Golden Earring, Holland's longest standing rock band, recorded at entertainment and event venue Panama in Amsterdam. This concert is the follow-up to The Naked Truth (1992) and Naked II (1997). The concert includes songs that have never been played acoustically and well-known golden oldies.
Movie - 1997, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
This second unplugged concert by Golden Earring was recorded at the Luxor in Rotterdam in 1997 and features classics by the group that were missing from the first concert.
Movie - 2006, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Earlier this year, the rock band GEarring, who have been performing at a unique height for decades, gave a concert at Ahoy Rotterdam. Barry, George, Rinus, and Cesar were in top form that evening, and the packed venue experienced highlight after highlight. Tracklisting: 1 Evil Love Chain 2 Sky Scraper Hell Of A Town 3 Another 45 Miles 4 Watcha Gonna Do (When The Levee Breaks) 5 Future 6 Twilight Zone 7 Save Your Skin 8 Are You Receiving Me 9 Smoking Cigarettes 10 Just A Little Bit Of Peace In My Heart 11 Kill Me (Ce Soir) 12 Gambler's Blues 13 Bombay 14 When The Lady Smiles 15 Going To The Run 16 Johnny Make Believe 17 Bass Solo 18 Radar Love 19 Drum Solo 20 Long Blond Animal 21 She Flies On Strange Wings
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • as Vocals / Guitar
Golden Earring’s last performance ever, held at the Rotterdam Ahoy on 16th November 2019. The DVD includes 19 songs and was also released as a 2CD live album. Acoustic Guitar – George Kooymans Bass – Rinus Gerritsen Drums – Cesar Zuiderwijk Guitar – Barry Hay, George Kooymans Keyboards – Rinus Gerritsen Lead Vocals – Barry Hay Saxophone – Bertus Borgers Vocals – George Kooymans Mastered By – Sander Van Der Heide Mixed By – John Sonneveld Producer – Golden Earring Project Manager – Wouter Bessels
Movie - 1992, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
In September 1992, recordings were made at Grand Café De Kroon on Rembrandtplein in Amsterdam for The Naked Truth. The project did not hit like a bomb, but over the course of 1993 the Naked Truth virus spread like wildfire and by the summer of 1993 the record was still in the top ten of the album chart. Tracklisting: Back Home / Another 45 Miles / Mad Loves Comin' / Just A Little Bit Of Peace In My Heart / Why Do I / Weekend Love / Going To The Run / Twilight Zone / I Can't Sleep Without You / Vanilla Queen / One Shot Away From Paradise / Pouring My Heart Out Again / Long Blond Animal / Radar Love / Eight Miles High / The Naked Truth / Jangalene/Don't Stop The Show / When The Lady Smiles / I Can't Sleep Without You (reprise).
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Zanger
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
September 4, 2008, Barry Hay was with the Metropole Big Band led by Jules Buckley in Paradiso, where he played all songs from his album The Big Band Theory for the first time.
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as lead vocalist
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1998, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The Golden Earring documentary Don’t Stop The Show was the final film on the 19th Dutch Film Festival. This documentary, a Lagestee Film B.V. production by Rogier van der Ploeg closed the film exhibitions of the 19th Dutch Film Festival on Wednesday 29th September 1999.
Movie - 2003, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The memorable concert of December 12, 1999, at the Groenoordhallen in Leiden is now available on DVD. For this "Last Blast of the Century," Golden Earring pulled out all the stops. Brass section, backing vocals, Robert Jan Stips, and Bertus Borgers were added to the quartet, giving the band an unparalleled boost. A strong set list, a fantastic light show, and stunning camera work complete the picture. Featuring tracks like "Another 45 Miles," "Paradise in Distress," "Twilight Zone," "Whisper in a Crowd," "She Flies on Strange Wings," "The Devil Made Me Do It," "When the Lady Smiles," "Going to the Run," "Radar Love," and "I Can't Sleep Without You." As a bonus feature, this DVD includes a backstage interview of over 18 minutes with the band members.
Movie - 1997, 2h 15m • as Billy Next
Exit is a flashback by a man of fifty. He remembers the moment when, as a young photographer, he was realising an exhibition of his own artistic work when he was unexpectedly commissioned to make a music video. The offer at first seems like the answer to his financial and personal woes, but during the preparations, a childhood trauma he has not come to terms with ensures unexpected complications and everything threatens to turn into a fiasco.
Movie - 1984, 2h 15m • as Self
The year 1984 was a memorable and exceptionally successful year for Golden Earring. When the lady smiles was released in early February, and became number 1 thanks to the controversial video by Dick Maas, which can be admired in the original version on this DVD. As well as the 3 other historical Dick Maas - Golden Earring videos, by the way. More original and better videos have never been made in the Netherlands. On March 3, the album N.E.W.S. from, (including 'When the lady smiles). That album also hit number 1 and stayed on the album chart for 18 weeks. And on March 7, Golden Earring started its 11th (!) - and in hindsight last - American tour of a total of 38 performances, which the group took to Hawaii.