The Tielman Brothers were the first Dutch-Indonesian band that successfully went international in the 1950s. They were one of the pioneers of rock and roll . The band was quite famous in Europe, long before The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Their music was called Indorock, a fusion of Indonesian and Western music, and has roots in Kroncong. At the height of their career, in the 1950s and early 1960s, the band was hailed as one of the greatest live-acts in Europe. The founders of the band are t