Ricky King Ricky King was born 12th March 1946 as Hans Lingenfelder in Rastatt (near Baden-Baden. When he was 12 - it was the time of Rock and Roll - his parents presented him with his first acoustic guitar, a cheap no-name model. Due to high distance between the steel strings and neck, it was a bit difficult and paining to play, so it was not much fun for him. A short time later he got a better one, also acoustic, and he taught himself his first chords and joined in with records of then-popular artists such Peter Kraus (a German rock and roll singer who ist still active and successful nowadays in the German-speaking area), Elvis and Bill Haley