Ricky Blake

Ricky Blake was born in the former Dutch Indies (Indonesia) and moved to the Netherlands after the 2nd World War. It was here that he started picking up his musical career again, but in the early 1960's he moved to Belgium where he and his band The Royals became very successful performing artists. This group recorded 1 single: Opera Twist (which was Ricky's own version of The Black Dynamites single Brush Those Tears) b/w I Want To Love You. After the band split up Ricky Blake hooked up with the legendary Indorock group The Black Dynamites (old friends of his) and together they finished the remainder of the contracts as Ricky Blake and the Royals. After that they started performing as Ricky Blake and the Black Dynamites till 1964 when their ways separated. Ricky Blake moved to Australia and the Black Dynamites went back to the Netherlands from where they would start touring in countries such as Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Norway, France, Spain and South Africa.