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Golden Earring

Dutch rock band
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Golden Earring

Summary

Golden Earring is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,901 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Golden Earring is in the country of Netherlands[3].
  • Golden Earring's instance of is recorded as musical group[4].
  • Golden Earring's genre is hard rock[5].
  • Golden Earring's genre is progressive rock[6].
  • Golden Earring's genre is Nederbeat[7].
  • Golden Earring's genre is classic rock[8].
  • Golden Earring's record label is recorded as Polydor[9].
  • Golden Earring's discography is recorded as Golden Earring discography[10].
  • Golden Earring's Commons category is recorded as Golden Earring[11].
  • Golden Earring's country of origin is recorded as Netherlands[12].
  • Golden Earring comprises Rinus Gerritsen[13].
  • Golden Earring comprises Barry Hay[14].
  • Golden Earring comprises George Kooymans[15].
  • Golden Earring comprises Cesar Zuiderwijk[16].
  • September 2, 1961 marks the founding of Golden Earring[17].
  • Golden Earring's location of formation is recorded as The Hague[18].
  • Golden Earring's official website is recorded as http://goldenearring.nl/[19].
  • Golden Earring's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Golden Earring[20].
  • Golden Earring's topic has template is recorded as Template:Golden Earring[21].
  • Golden Earring's start of work period is recorded as 1961[22].
  • Golden Earring's end of work period is recorded as February 5, 2021[23].
  • Golden Earring's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Golden Earring'}[24].
  • Golden Earring's member category is recorded as Category:Golden Earring members[25].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Type: Group[26]

  • Country: NL[27]

  • Began / founded: 1961-09-02[28]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2021-02-05[29]

  • Genre(s): hard rock, nederbeat, new wave, pop rock, progressive rock, rock[30]

  • Community tags: 2008 universal fire victim, dutch, hard rock, nederbeat, new wave, pop rock, progressive rock, rock[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 75336c3d-2833-46cb-8037-b835cd7d646d[32]

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Founding

September 2, 1961 marks the founding of Golden Earring[17]. Its location of formation is recorded as The Hague[18].

Why It Matters

Golden Earring ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,901 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

It has been cited as an influence by Van Halen[35], a musical group[36], founded in 1972[37].

FAQs

Who did Golden Earring influence?

Golden Earring has been cited as an influence by Van Halen[35].

Related Entities

Netherlands Polydor The Hague Van Halen

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 28d ago · ZI Jony · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facebook page id → Golden-Earring/105587069475666
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    Country of origin → —
    Start of work period → +1961-00-00T00:00:00Z
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