Career
She was officially introduced to the public with the release of the album Forever Yours (a LP which reached the gold status in the Netherlands) and the single My Number One (a Top 5 single in Benelux). She is of Indo/(Dutch-Indonesian) descent
Ria Thielsch started her career as a model in the 1970s. In 1978, she was a limbo dancer and singer of the Ricardo & The Flames group which recorded a single (Trinidad) that was produced by Roy Beltman (who collaborated with the band BZN) and flopped.
In August 1980, after a couple of years of mainstream success, the popular trio experienced trouble as Patty Brard suddenly left the formation.
Hans van Hemert and Piet Souer, the group"s producers, had already written new material for a next album. The girls had legal obligations.
Brard"s departure caused InterLUV" (s limited company) to lose an estimated $75.000 as many performances were cancelled. Patty was replaced by Ria Thielsch who like her had Indonesian and New Guinean origins.
Ria knew Marga Scheide, the blonde singer of, from modeling agencies.
She was selected from 200 applicants. Though she made some appearances by performing One More Little Kissie on stage and on television, she was officially presented to the media when the album Forever Yours and the single My Number One came out. These records were smash hits in Benelux.
Then, was supposed to take part in the Yamaha Music Festival (officially known as the World Popular Song Festival and considered as the "Oriental Eurovision") in November 1980 with the song Be My Lover Tonight.
Instead of it, cancelled their participation to this competition and performed in the Musikladen television show in Germany. Soon after, Marga Scheide became overworked because toured extensively Europe.
That"s why, in early 1981 the ladies stopped their concerts but continued the television and radio performances. In March, an official statement announced s break-up.
The group made a farewell performance later, on July 22, 1981, on the Nederland Muziekland show on Veronica (television channel) to promote the single Tingalingaling.
Finally, National Research Council/Carrere Records released the compilation Goodbye After, Ria continued her modeling career. In April 2003, she took part with José Hoebee in a fan club day. Six months later, she attended with José and Hans van Hemert the release party of the compilation 25 Jaar Na Waldolala.
