The Golden Earrings "That Day" 1966

[JohnnyRingo]

Everybody starts somewhere.

Dutch band "The Golden Earrings" began as a pop rock band in 1961 as "The Tornados". Upon discovery that that name was in use they changed it to "The Golden Earrings" after an instrumental by a band they were opening for. By 1967 they dropped "The" from the name and in '69 they lost the "S", becoming the Radar Love band we all know. Indeed, "Moontan" was their ninth studio effort and resulted in what I thought was overnight success.

"That Day" was a follow up to their first hit "Please Go". That song hit #2 on the Dutch charts. Dissatisfied with Dutch recording studios that went with Pye Records in London for "That Day". It was released only as a single and never appeared on any studio album. For better or worse.

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[highplainsdem]

1. Very early Earring, before Barry Hay joined the band as their lead singer. Lead vocal here is from

Frans Krassenburg.That Day was recorded in January 1966. Frans left the band in the spring of '67 for military service (according to Casper Roos's Golden Earring fan site, which I'm checking again to refresh my memory since it's been years since I read this), but George and Rinus had wanted a different singer anyway.

https://casperroos.nl/story60.html#1967

Frans Krassenburg left the band in May 1967. He had to go into the military service but he also didn't fit to the musical view George and Rinus had for their band. One year later he released his first solo single Golden Earrings, referring to his old band. Frans was replaced by Barry Hay, who left The Haigs. Barry refused an offer from the band Shocking Blue and joined The Golden Earrings.

Dutch Wikipedia article on him via Google Translate:

https://nl-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Frans_Krassenburg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp



Krassenburg's 1968 single, Golden Earrings:

Krassenburg singing That Day in 2018:

Golden Earring at the Ahoy arena in Rotterdam in 2019:

[JohnnyRingo]

3. Cool.

I loved that solo version.

[highplainsdem]

2. Btw, Golden Earring had a lot of chart success both before and after Moontan/Radar Love.

See this page:

https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Golden+Earring

The sections there on chart positions for the albums omits the first three albums, since apparently there wasn't enough reliable info on Dutch album sales then. But since they had hit singles at the same time, it's a safe bet that they sold well.

This 1970 single, #1 single, and the #1 album it was on, Golden Earring, were on the Dutch charts longer than Radar Love and Moontan: