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Dingeman Adriaan Henry van der Sluijs (born 28 December 1947), better known by his stage name Dick Diamonde, is an Australian former bass guitarist. He was a founding mainstay member of the Easybeats. Diamonde, with the group, was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2005.
Die Easybeats waren eine australische Beatband, die mit Friday on My Mind im November 1966 ihren größten Hit hatte.
(Drummer Snowy Fleet took over his family’s construction business in Perth, and bassist Dick Diamonde retired to New South Wales.) But Stevie Wright, the band’s diminutive, Jaggeresque singer,...
The Easybeats in 1966. Clockwise from left: Dick Diamonde, Harry Vanda, Snowy Fleet, George Young and Stevie Wright.
Dingeman Adriaan Henry van der Sluijs aka Dick Diamonde was The Easybeats’ bassist for their entire career which spanned 1964-69 and one successful reunion jaunt in 1986.
The group got together in the Villawood migrant hostel on the outskirts of Sydney when two Dutch teenagers — who took the stage names Harry Vanda and Dick Diamonde — teamed up with Leeds-born...
The Easybeats formed around five European migrants. Dutch-born Harry Vanda and Dick Diamonde were living at the Villawodd Migrant Hostel when they met 15-year-old English-born Stevie Wright and Scottish-born George Young. Young was the younger brother of Alex (aka George Alexander), who found success in the UK with The Big Six and Grapefruit.
