Biography Frans Krassenburg

Frans Krassenburg (born The Hague, The Netherlands, 28 February 1944) is a Dutch singer, best know for his 1964-1967 stint with The Golden Earrings, the band that would later become Golden Earring.

The Golden Earrings were an instrumental guitar combo in the vein of The Shadows and The Ventures until 1964, when the group asked Krassenburg to be their singer. The blonde frontman can be heard on The Golden Earrings' earliest Dutch hits, including Beatle-esque tunes such as Please Go (1965), That Day, If You Leave Me, Daddy Buy Me A Girl (1966) and In My House (1967).

In 1967 the captain on the ship that was The Golden Earrings, guitarist and songwriter George Kooymans, decided that it was time for a new, tougher image and a heavier brand of rock. Krassenburg was considered not the right man for the new course and was asked to leave. Barry Hay of The Hague's dysfunctional beat outcasts, The Haigs, replaced him.

Krassenburg's début solo single (and only chart hit) was entitled... Golden Earrings. The song hit #20 in the Dutch charts in 1968.

Frans Krassenburg briefly replaced Polle Eduard (who was serving a jail sentence) in [artist[After Tea, after which he disappeared from the limelight. In later years he would occasionally sing sixties Golden Earrings repertoire at various 'golden oldies' events.

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