# Ricky Ball

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{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Ricky Ball
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|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
|birth_place = New Zealand
|instrument = Drums
| genre               = Rock, pop
| occupation          = Musician, songwriter 
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|Notable_songs = 
|associated_acts = The Beatboys, The Courtiers, [Challenge](/source/Challenge_(band)), Ticket, Jimmy Sloggett Band, Tommy Ferguson's Goodtime Band, Rainbow, 
[Hello Sailor](/source/Hello_Sailor_(band)), Woody, [The Pink Flamingos](/source/The_Pink_Flamingos), Beaver
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'''Ricky Ball''' is a musician from [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand). He played drums in the following bands: the Beat boys, the Courtiers, Challenge, Ticket, Jimmy Sloggett Band, Tommy Ferguson's Goodtime Band, Rainbow, [Hello Sailor](/source/Hello_Sailor_(band)), Woody, the Pink Flamingos (briefly, at the beginning) and Beaver.

Woody (consisting of three-quarters of Ticket among the line up) was a resident band at Jilly's in [Auckland](/source/Auckland), one of several nightclubs in New Zealand run by Maurice Greer, formerly of Human Instinct.

According to ''Stranded in Paradise'', Ricky Ball owned a boutique when he joined the Pink Flamingos and left when they were likely to be more than a resident band at Jilly's.

==Awards==
===Aotearoa Music Awards===
The [Aotearoa Music Awards](/source/Aotearoa_Music_Awards) (previously known as ''[New Zealand Music Awards](/source/Aotearoa_Music_Awards)'' (NZMA)) are an annual awards night celebrating excellence in [New Zealand music](/source/music_in_New_Zealand) and have been presented annually since 1965.

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! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
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| 2011 || Ricky Ball(as part of Hello Sailor) || [New Zealand Music Hall of Fame](/source/New_Zealand_Music_Hall_of_Fame) || {{yes2|inductee}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.musichall.co.nz/home/inductees/|title=HOME INDUCTEES|website=www.musichall.co.nz|access-date=16 August 2021}}</ref>
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Dix, John, ''Stranded in Paradise'', Penguin, 2005. {{ISBN|0-14-301953-8}}
* [Eggleton](/source/Eggleton%2C_Herefordshire), David, ''Ready To Fly'', Craig Potton, 2003. {{ISBN|1-877333-06-9}}

==External links==
*[http://www.sergent.com.au/ticket.html Ticket] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20070419210601/http://www.sergent.com.au/nzmusic.html New Zealand Music of the 60's and 70's]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060824214752/http://www.sergent.com.au/hellosailor.html Hello Sailor] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20070419210601/http://www.sergent.com.au/nzmusic.html New Zealand Music of the 60's and 70's]

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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:New Zealand drummers
Category:New Zealand male drummers
Category:21st-century drummers

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