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Daniel Sahuleka
Person · male · Kingdom of the Netherlands · Semarang · born 1950
Dutch musician
Also known as 丹尼•薩湖萊卡
Timeline
1950s
Biography
Biography
Daniël Sahuleka (born 6 December 1950) 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) and "Don't Sleep Away the Night" (1980).
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", composed by Ad Visser, and the single reached the Dutch Top 40.
In Indonesia, Los Angeles and Europe, Sahuleka has received many prestigious awards. 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) and a Sundanese mother, Juarsi Mohanab (born 1924 in Pontianak, West Kalimantan). Daniel was raised in Winterswijk in the east of the Netherlands.
Albums
1977: Sahuleka 1
1978: Sahuleka 2
1981: Sunbeam
1981: We'll Go Out Tonight with Daniel Sahuleka
1990: The Loner
1993: I Adore You
1995: RahASIA
1998: After the Jetlag
2003: Colorfool
2006: If I Didn't
2007: Christmas Love
2008: Eastern Journeys
2009: reMAKE mySTYLE
2010: Book "Daniel and his Songs" (in Bahasa Indonesia)
2011: reMAKE mySTYLE (in Indonesia and Singapore)
2015: " Dad's Request " Indonesia and on I Tunes Worldwide
Singles
1976: "You Make My World So Colourful"
1976: "Marie Claire"
1977: "Love to Love You"
1977: "The Change"
1978: "Long Distance Highway"
1979: "Finally Home Again"
1980: "Don't Sleep Away the Night"
1981: "We'll Go Out Tonight"
1981: "Wake Up"
1982: "Ev'rybody Feel the Groove"
1982: "Viva La Libertad"
1983: "Ev'ry Day"
1983: "Such Luck"
1983: "Skankin'
1984: "Dance in the Street"
1985: "Let Us All Be One"
1990: "Imagine"
1993: "You Make My World So Colourful" (live)
1995: "Bulan Pakai Payung"
1995: "Simphoni"
1996: "Dust of Life"
1998: "How Nice"
1998: "How I Love"
1998: "How Love"
RBT
2018: "Don't Sleep Away the Night"
2018: "If I Didn't"
2018: "The Rain"
2018: "You Make My World So Colourful"
2018: "I Adore You"
2018: "If I Didn't"
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Silver Harp | won |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dani%C3%ABl_Sahulekabiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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Why this artist is in the database
- List of Dutch musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Hans van Dijk for Anefo · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q1985368 · MusicBrainz: 9ccf3153-b800-4f38-b342-c30f59c44fb2