Dick Diamonde

Dick Diamonde (born Dingeman Ariaan Henry van der Sluijs (in Australia Van Der Sluys), on 28 December 1947, in Hilversum, Netherlands)) was the bassist with Australian rock group, The Easybeats.

Van Der Sluys emigrated with his family to Australia when he was four years old.

Widely regarded as Australia's greatest pop group of the mid-1960s, the Easybeats had their beginnings in Sydney's Villawood Migrant Hostel. Guitarist George Young had migrated from Scotland, singer Stevie Wright and drummer Snowy Fleet were Englishmen and the remaining two band members were Dutch—guitarist Johannes van den Berg, who became Harry Vanda, and bass guitarist Dingeman Van Der Sluys, who called himself Dick Diamonde.

The Easybeats
  • Stevie Wright
  • Harry Vanda
  • George Young
  • Dick Diamonde
  • Snowy Fleet
  • Tony Cahill
Singles
(Albert Productions, Aus)
  • "For My Woman"
  • She's So Fine"
  • "Wedding Ring"
  • "Sad, Lonely and Blue " (1965)
  • "Women"
  • "Come and See Her"
  • "Sorry"
  • "Friday on My Mind" (1966)
  • "Do You Have a Soul"
  • "Heaven and Hell"
  • "The Music Goes Round My Head" (1967)
  • "Hello How Are You?"
  • "Good Times"
  • "Lay Me Down and Die" (1968)
  • " St. Louis"
  • "H.P. Man" (1969)
Studio albums
  • Easy
  • It's 2 Easy
  • Volume 3
  • Vigil
  • Friends
Related articles
  • Ted Albert
  • Shel Talmy (producer)
  • Vanda & Young (producers)

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