Blue Diamonds

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The Blue Diamonds were a Dutch 1960s doo-wop duo best known for their chart topping single Ramona. Indo (Dutch-Indonesian) brothers Ruud de Wolff (born May 12, 1941, died Dec 2000) and Riem de Wolff (born April 15, 1943) founded the group shortly after immigrating to the Netherlands in 1949. They were born in Batavia (now Jakarta) , Indonesia.

Called the 'Dutch Everly Brothers', The Blue Diamonds covered many Everly Brothers songs, but became famous in 1960 with their version of 'Ramona,' a song originally written for the 1928 movie 'Ramona.' The song was written for promotional appearances with Dolores Del Rio (star of the film) but not featured in the film itself. The Blue Diamonds up-tempo version of it reached the American Billboard Hot 100: #72.

Although their last hit was in 1971, they continued to perform together up until Ruud died at the end of year 2000. Riem continues to perform and release albums.