Melky Goeslaw
| Melky Goeslaw | |
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| Background information | |
| Born |
7 May 1947 Morotai, Indonesia |
| Origin | Jakarta |
| Died | 20 December 2006 (aged 59) Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Genres | Pop, rock |
Melky Goeslaw (7 May 1947 – 20 December 2006) was an Indonesian singer and boxing manager. He is the father of songstress Melly Goeslaw. His song, "Pergi untuk Kembali", was chosen by Rolling Stone Indonesia as the 117th-best Indonesian song of all time in 2009.
Melky Goeslaw was born in Morotai, an island off Halmahera in the Maluku Islands, on 7 May 1947. He became active in music in 1964, when he joined the band Octa Nada; he later joined the bands Nada Anda and Nada Buana. He also toured with Bob Tutupoly and sang rock songs at various nightclubs during the early 1970s; during this period, he participated diligently in song festivals.
In 1974, Goeslaw was a finalist in the National Popular Song Festival (Festival Lagu Popular Nasional); the following year, after placing third in the Jakarta-level festival, Goeslaw rose to fame by winning the National Popular Song Festival with the song "Pergi untuk Kembali" ("Leave to Return"), beating other singers such as Berlian Hutauruk (fourth) and professional singer Hetty Koes Endang (fifth); he was immediately put on the same level of popularity as established singers such as Broery and Hetty Koes Endang.
In 1977, pairing with Diana Nasution, Goeslaw came in second place at the National Singers Festival (Festival Penyanyi Tingkat Nasional). The two, wearing black outfits and white highlights in their hair, sang the song "Bila Cengkeh Berbunga" ("If the Cloves Blossom"), by Nasution's husband Mingoes Tahitu. They came in closely behind Hetty Koes Endang but ahead of Ira Puspita, who performed while three months pregnant; despite coming in second, the pair were the Indonesian magazine Tempo's choice for best performance of the festival.
Two years later, during an increase in the popularity of dangdut music, Goeslaw attempted to record some dangdut songs. However, he found it more difficult than pop and rock; one of his considerations was that the vocals were similar in nature to the Islamic qasida - as a Protestant, Goeslaw felt it was against his religion. Most of his hit singles, such as "Hiroshima dan Nagasaki" ("Hiroshima and Nagasaki"), "Tuhan Semesta Alam" ("God of the Natural Universe"), and "Dansa Yo Dansa" ("Dance, Yeah Dance"), were either pop or rock.
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