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{{Infobox musical artist<br />
| name = Barry Hay<br />
| image = Barry Hay 2014.jpg<br />
| caption = Hay in 2014<br />
| image_size =<br />
| birth_name = Barry Andrew Hay<br />
| alias =<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1948|8|16}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Faizabad]], [[United Provinces (1937-50)|United Provinces]], [[India]]<br />
| origin = [[The Hague]], Netherlands<br />
| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|flute|guitar}}<br />
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]<br />
| occupation = {{hlist|Musician|songwriter}}<br />
| years_active = 1967–present<br />
| label =<br />
| associated_acts = [[Golden Earring]]<br />
| website = {{URL|barryhaymusic.com}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Barry Andrew Hay''' (born 16 August 1948) is an [[India]]n-born [[Netherlands|Dutch]] musician; he was the lead vocalist and frontman of Dutch rock band [[Golden Earring]] from 1967 until their retirement in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p85264/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Barry Hay|last=Birchmeier|first=Jason|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|access-date=16 April 2010}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Hay was born in [[Faizabad]], [[India]] to a [[Dutch Jewish]]<ref>His grandmother, Vrouwtje Sluijter née Polak, and his uncle, Marcus Sluijter, were murdered in the [[Holocaust]].</ref> mother, Sofia Maria née Sluijter (1922-2004, born in [[Makassar]]), and a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] commissioned officer, Philip Aubrey Hay (1923-1980). He moved to the [[Netherlands]] at the age of eight to live with his mother. He lived in [[Amsterdam]] and later in [[The Hague]], attending an English boarding school. <br />
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After graduating from [[secondary school]], he took courses at the [[Royal Academy of Art, The Hague]]. In the summer of 1967, he joined the Golden Earrings,<!--earringS is not a typo --> as they were then called, replacing Frans Krassenburg. Hay created the [[album cover|cover]] art for some of [[Golden Earring's album]]s.<br />
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He has also made three [[solo (music)|solo]] albums. ''Only Parrots, Frogs and Angels'' (1972) and ''Victory of Bad Taste'' (1987) both met with little success. ''The Big Band Theory'' (2008) is available as an online stream.<br />
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In 1994, he sang lead vocals and played [[alto flute]] on the [[Ayreon]] song "[[Sail Away to Avalon]]," the single from the latter's debut [[album]], ''[[The Final Experiment]]''. <br />
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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 [[Curaçao]] where he hosts a radio-show. During the 2000s Hay provided the [[Dutch language|Dutch]] voice of [[Rock Zilla]], in the [[Gene Simmons]]' cartoon series ''[[My Dad The Rock Star]]'' and appeared in a commercial for prescription sunglasses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.framesdirect.com/celebrity-eyewear-sightings-october-2008/|title=FramesDirect.com Blog|website=FramesDirect.com}}</ref> <br />
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In 2016 Hay released an album with side-project Flying V Formation, and his biography.<br />
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In 2019 Hay released an album with musician [[JB Meijers]] ([[The Common Linnets]]); ''For You Baby'' contains Latin-flavoured cover-versions including ''[[Blue Bayou]]'', a duet with [[Danny Vera (singer)|Danny Vera]].<br />
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[[Category:1948 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Dutch people of Scottish descent]]<br />
[[Category:Dutch people of Jewish descent]]<br />
[[Category:Dutch male singers]]<br />
[[Category:Dutch rock singers]]<br />
[[Category:Royal Academy of Art, The Hague alumni]]<br />
[[Category:English-language singers from the Netherlands]]<br />
[[Category:Golden Earring members]]<br />
[[Category:People from Faizabad]]<br />
[[Category:Musicians from The Hague]]<br />
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