Koos Ras (Jacobus Adriaan Gerhardus) was born on August 4 1928, on a farm in Northern Natal named Paardekop. As a young boy he use to frequently visit his father's neighbour (name unknown), who taught him how to play a "Konsertina". This gift would change his life forever. This Manual of Style has the simple purpose of making things easy to read by following a consistent format — it is a style guide. ...

Koos was famously know as a comedian, singer, composer, writer and busines man. He recorded a total of not less than 14 LP records. Titles of these records were "Spoke"(Ghosts), "Lekker ou braaivleis aand" (Pleasant barbaque evening" and many more. Koos was also the first person to record the very famous song titled "Ou ryperd" Although most of his music were aimed to the Afrikaans market, he also recorded a few songs in English. During the 60's he recorded a classis waltz "Tiny bubbles" as a duet with (name unknown), which hit #1 on the springbok hit parade.

In 1971 he opened his business "Kempton Orrel en Klavier Sentrum" (Kempton Organ and Piano Centre), him and his wife Bea made a huge success of the business supplying music instuments and music tuition books to schools, churches and private individuals.

Koos died on April 17 1997, the music centre closed in 2001.