Barry Hay

Barry Andrew Hay (lahir di Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, 16 Agustus 1948) adalah penyanyi rock Belanda, terkenal selama 54 tahun sebagai pentolan Golden Earring (1967-2021), band paling sukses secara internasional yang berasal dari Belanda. Hay juga merilis tiga album dengan namanya sendiri. Hay lahir di India, menghabiskan sebagian besar hidupnya tinggal di Amsterdam dan Den Haag, namun (sejak 2008) tinggal di pulau Curaçao (Antilles Belanda). Dia direkrut sebagai penyanyi baru Golden Earrings (sebutan Golden Earring saat itu) pada tahun 1967, setelah bertugas singkat dengan grup beat Den Haag, Don't dan The Haigs. Dengan Golden Earring, Hay menikmati kesuksesan tangga lagu internasional dengan single seperti Radar Love (1973), Twilight Zone (1982) dan When The Lady Smiles (1984). Hay ikut menulis sebagian besar musik Golden Earring (bersama George Kooymans) dan menulis banyak lirik band. Di negara asalnya, Golden Earring memiliki lebih dari 40 hits dan menghasilkan lebih dari 30 album emas dan platinum. Mereka menjual jutaan album di seluruh dunia. Barry Hay merilis tiga album solo dengan namanya sendiri. Dua yang pertama - Only Parrots, Frogs & Angels (1972) dan Victory Of Bad Taste (1987) - sebagian besar terdiri dari materi asli, sedangkan The Big Band Theory (2008) adalah album cover, direkam 'gaya big band' dengan Metropole Big Band Amsterdam. Pada tahun 2012 ia meluncurkan proyek baru: Formasi Flying V Barry Hay, sebuah band di mana Hay didukung oleh empat musisi muda. Satu-satunya album studio grup ini dirilis pada Mei 2016. Mulai tahun 2019 dan seterusnya Hay juga merekam dan merilis dua album bersama JB Meijers.

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.