Barry Andrew Hay (born 16 August 1948) is an

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musician; he was the lead vocalist and frontman of Dutch rock band

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from 1967 until their disbandment in 2021.

Biography

Hay was born in

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, to a

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mother, Sofia Maria née Sluijter (1922–2004, born in

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), and a Scottish commissioned officer, Philip Aubrey Hay (1923–1980). He moved to the

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at the age of eight to live with his mother. He lived in

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and later in

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, attending an English boarding school. After graduating from

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, he took courses at the

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Music career and voice acting

Hay started his music career with a band called The Haigs. In the summer of 1967, he was asked to join the Golden Earrings, as they were then called, replacing Frans Krassenburg. Hay created the

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art for some of Golden Earring's albums. He has also made three

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albums. ''Only Parrots, Frogs and Angels'' (1972) and ''Victory of Bad Taste'' (1987) both has little success. ''The Big Band Theory'' (2008) is available for online streaming. In 1994, he sang lead vocals and played

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on the

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song "

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", the single from the latter's debut

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, ''

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''. In 2001, Hay left The Hague and moved back to Amsterdam, although he now divides his time between the Netherlands and

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, where he hosts a radio-show. During the 2000s, Hay provided the

voice of

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in the Canadian cartoon show ''

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,'' and he appeared in an advertisement for prescription sunglasses. In 2016, Hay released an album with side-project Flying V Formation, and his biography. In 2019, Hay released an album with musician

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(

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); ''For You Baby'' contains Latin-flavoured

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s, including ''

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'', a duet with Danny Vera.

References

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