Herman Hendrik Andy Tielman, known professionally as Andy Tielman, was born on
May 30, 1936, in Makassar, Dutch East Indies. He started performing jazz
standards with his siblings at a young age. In the late 1950s, after moving to
the Netherlands, he and his brothers formed the Tielman Brothers band, which
became one of the first Dutch rock bands with international appeal. Their
breakthrough came in 1958 with the release of their Dutch rock single "Rock
Little Baby of Mine". In the late 1970s, Tielman took a break from performing
due to intense fan hysteria and lived as a hermit ...