#10: Radar Love by Golden Earring

City: Hamilton, ON
Radio Station: CKOC
Peak Month: August-September 1974
Peak Position Hamilton ~ #2
Peak position in Vancouver ~ #2
Peak Position on Billboard Hot 100 ~ #13
YouTube: “Radar Love”
Lyrics: “Radar Love”

Golden Earring is a Dutch band formed in 1961 in The Hague. Founder George Kooymans was born in The Hague in 1948. Together with Rinus Gerritsen, they originally formed a duo called The Tornados. But changed their name to The Golden Earrings when they learnt of The Tornados, the UK instrumental group who had just had a hit with “Telstar”. The name The Golden Earrings was taken from an instrumental called “Golden Earrings” performed by the British group the Hunters, for whom they served as opening and closing act. Gerritsen was also born in The Hague, in 1946, and learned to play bass guitar. The duo added more musicians to expand to a pop-rock band. The Golden Earrings had a Top Ten Dutch pop hit with their debut single “Please Go”, recorded in 1965. In 1966, “That Day” reached #2 on the Dutch pop singles chart. These singles had some echoes of The Beatles sound in the mid-60s.
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