Daniël Sahuleka

Daniël Sahuleka
Daniël Sahuleka
	Daniel Sahuleka (1981)
Background information
Born	6 December 1950 (age 73); Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia
Origin	Huizen, Netherlands
Genres	Pop, soul, disco, funk
Occupation(s)	Singer, musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1976–present
Labels	Sunflight
Website	sahuleka.com

Daniël Sahuleka (born 6 December 1950)^[1] is an Indonesian-Dutch singer-songwriter and performing artist.

Sahuleka created more than 110 compositions. Daniel owns all copyright of his songs. Many of his songs have become evergreen hits, such as "You Make My World So Colourful" from the album Daniel Sahuleka (1977)^[1] and "Don't Sleep Away the Night" (1980).^[1]

In the early 1980s, Daniel's hits were "Wake Up" and "We'll Go Out Tonight". In 1993 Daniel's new hit was "I Adore You" and in 2007 he got a new hit with the song "If I Didn't". In 2009 he re-made new recordings of "You Make My World So Colourful" and "Don't Sleep Away" for his album "reMAKE mySTYLE" (iTUNES and physical album). In 1982 Daniel Sahuleka was greatly admired in Europe as vocalist of the song "Giddyap a Gogo",^[2] composed by Ad Visser, and the single reached the Dutch Top 40.

In Indonesia, Los Angeles and Europe, Sahuleka has received many prestigious awards.^{[citation needed]} Also he was invited at many jazz festivals (Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival, Makassar International Festival, Kota Tua Creative Festival, etc.).

Personal life

He was born in 1950 in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. Daniel had an Ambonese father, Simon Pieter Sahuleka (born 1919 in Saparua, Maluku) and a mixed Chinese-Sundanese mother, Juarsi Mohanab (born 1924 in Pontianak, West Kalimantan).