![]() ![]() As you can guess, they were much less raucous than the Tielman Brothers, and you can definitely hear it in their first hit, Ramona, an upbeat cover from 1960s of a an old orchestral crooner tune from more than 30 years prior. The Blue Diamonds were brothers Ruud and Riem de Wolff, who have been called the 'Dutch Everly Brothers,' in part for their many covers of Everly Brothers songs. Some of them rejoined for a reunion in 1990, where Little Bird made a comeback it was also the year they released their final album. Here's another live performance, from 1983, the year that Andy disbanded the group. The brothers toured and performed for years, with their biggest hit in the Netherlands being Little Bird, in 1967. Their break-out single, Rock Little Baby of Mine (audio only) sounds a lot like Elvis Presley, and you can still hear a bit of that vocal twang in Bossa Nova Baby, another television appearance, this time with some fancy choreography and fine footwork. You can see some of that showmanship in the clip above the break for Rollin Rock, and apparently more clips from that same show: Black Eyes Rock, both instrumental tracks. They tossed guitars across stage, played the guitar and the bass with their toes and teeth, and played their instruments behind their heads and upside down. Hired to play for only fifteen minutes when the Hawaiian band took their break, the Four Tielman Brothers stole the show with their wild rock'n'roll songs and acrobatic antics. They secured a job at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (EXPO '58) in the "Hawaiian Village" section of the Dutch pavilion. Andy Tielman and his brothers Reggy, Ponthon and Loulou played already together in Indonesia as The Timor Rhythm Brothers. N 1957 came the Tielman Brothers to the Netherlands. Let's start with The Tielman Brothers, lead by Andy Tielman, the uncrowned king of Indo-Rock: Then there was The Hot Jumpers, The Black Dynamites, Electric Johnny & His Skyrockets, The Rocking Diamonds, and Jimmy Green to name a few (and note that none of those links are live performances, sadly).īut the three groups linked above the break are the big names, not only in the late 1950s and into the '60s, but they continued to play for decades more. The band later went by The Hurricane Rollers. Per that history, The Real Room Rockers were the first (Indo)Rock band in the Netherlands, seen here in rough recordings with some English narration. Except this musical baggage they had a predilection for Hawaiian-music (also popular in the Netherlands) and they knew the American country & western and the hot rock & roll repertoire from the radio stations in Indonesia via American (AFN) stations from The Philippines and Australia. Krontjong is characterized by guitars which are talking to each other and the guitarists play rhythmic and melodic parts by the feel. The traditional Portuguese song styles saudade and fado with guitar accompaniment became later krontjong (Malay) music. According to The Story of Indo-Rock, the guitar came to Indonesia by way of Portuguese explorers in the 14th century.
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