The Tielman Brothers - Биография

1947 - 1956
Originally called the Timor Brothers and the Four T's when they still live in Indonesia. They move to The Netherlands in 1956.

1958
After performing at the worldfair in Brussels the Tielman Brothers record the first Dutch rock-'n-roll: Rock Little Baby Of Mine. They are way ahead of their peers partly because of their musical skills but also because of the spectacular stage act. The brothers go to Germany where they play in the same clubs as the Beatles.

1959
The band releases its records on the Imperial label. In the meantime the Tielmann Brothers develop an increasingly spectacular stage act, very much like the ones by the Who and Jimi Hendrix a few years later.

1960
After Germany the Tielman Brothers also break Switzerland, Austria and Sweden. In the meantime other Indo-rock bands also start to break through both nationally and internationally.

Peter Koelewijn
1961
The Tielman Brothers are a top act in Germany and they are highly respected by their peers. The band releases several singles and EP's, but it appears they have great difficulty in recreating their 'live' sound on their records.

1962
The Tielman Brothers start releasing records especially for the German market on the Ariola label.

1963
While the Beatles make it big in Britain, indo-rock is at its peak on the Continent. The Tielman Brothers are the top of the bill.

1964
The first signs of the band's decline are eminent when Reggy and Andy are involved in a serious car accident, Ponthon decides to quit and beat music has become the next big thing.

The Time Breakers
1965
The album East And West is released and in the autumn the Tielman Brothers have a hit with the single Maria.

1966 - 1975
The band's glory is fading. It is clear that the brothers are still stuck in the fifties while the music scene has moved on to other types of music. In 1967, however, the Tielman Brothers have a hit with Little Bird, the band's only official top 10 hit.

Andy Tielman The Time Breakers
1976
Rock & Roll Our First Love is released.

Jan Akkerman Peter Koelewijn
1983
Andy breaks the band up.

1990

The Tielman Brothers organize a reunion show, but without Reggy and Ponthon.

Andy Tielman
1994

Herman "Loulou" Tielman dies.

1998

On October 31 Andy Tielman plays a show in The Hague's Houtrusthallen to commemorate his 50th anniversary as an artist.

2000

Ponthon Tielman dies.

2005

Andy Tielman plays a benefit gig for the victims of the tsunami in the first week of January together with Dinand Woesthoff from Kane and Ren van Barneveld (ex-Urban Dance Squad). The DVD That's My Life by Andy Tielman is presented on June 11 at the Pasar Malam Besar in The Hague. Tielman and Riem de Wolff (The Blue Diamonds) prepare for their first mutual concert in 45 years. Also in June Andy Tielman receives a royal honour. In conjunction with Stichting Het Indische Huis ('The Indonesian House Foundation'), Pseudonym Records releases the three-CD boxed set The Essential Collection - Totally Tielman. It contains 80 remastered singles, B-sides, rare and previously unreleased tracks. It kicks of with their first single ever, Rock Little Baby Of Mine. Andy Tielman is featured on the Haagse Beatnach ('The Hague Beat Night') at Parkpop. He sings the song That's My Life.

2008

Andy Tielman records the CD 21st Century Rock with rock 'n' roll group Tjendol Sunrise. The anniversary album includes new versions of Tielman Brothers hits, several new songs and also the track with which it all began: Rock Little Baby Of Mine.

* Andy Tielman - vokal, gitar
* Reggy Tielman - gitar, banjo, vokal
* Ponthon Tielman - contrabass, gitar, vokal
* Loulou (Herman Lawrence) Tielman - drum, vokal
* Jane (Janette Loraine) Tielman - vokal