Chrisye
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Hajji Chrismansyah Rahadi (; born Christian Rahadi ; 16 September 1949 – 30 March 2007), better known by his stage name Chrisye (), was an Indonesian progressive pop singer and songwriter. In 2011, Rolling Stone Indonesia declared him the third-greatest Indonesian musician of all time.
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Indonesia
- Active from
- 1949-09-16
- Active to
- 2007-03-30
Discography
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Chrismansyah Rahadi (born Christian Rahadi on September 16, 1949 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia), better known by his stage name Chrisye, was an Indonesian progressive-pop singer, of mixed Chinese-Indonesian descent (His mother was Javanese). He died in Jakarta on March 30, 2007 following a long battle with lung cancer. He recorded 21 solo albums in his lifetime. He married in 1982 to G.F. Damayanti Noor, who was also a singer; they had four children. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Chrisye">Read
Key facts
- Person.name
- Chrisye
- Person.image
- Chrisye, Jakarta Govt website.jpg
- Person.birth_name
- Christian Rahadi
- Person.othername
- H. Chrismansyah Rahadi
- Person.birth_place
- Jakarta, Indonesia
- Person.death_place
- Jakarta, Indonesia
- Person.resting_place
- Jeruk Purut Cemetery, South Jakarta
- Person.children
- 4
- Person.signature
- Signature of Chrisye.svg
- Musical artist.embed
- yes
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1965–2007
- Musical artist.label
- Musica Studios
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Christian
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Indonesia
- Place of birth
- Jakarta
- Place of death
- South Cipete
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- Indonesian
- Native language
- Indonesian
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- bass guitar
- Record label
- Musica Studios
- Image
- Chrisye, Jakarta Govt website.jpg
- Number of children
- 4
- Voice type
- tenor
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- cause of death
- lung cancer
- date of death
- 2007-03-30
- date of birth
- 1949-09-16
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Chrisye
- start of work period
- 1965-00-00
- birth name
- Christian Rahadi
- pseudonym
- Chrisye
- ethnic group
- Chinese Indonesians
- name in native language
- Chrismansyah Rahadi
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Career
- Band member and early projects (1968–1977)
- Early solo and film career (1978–1982)
- Marriage and changing styles (1982–1993)
- Concerts and collaborations with Erwin Gutawa (1994–2004)
- Illness and death
- Style
- Legacy
- Honours and awards
- Personal life
- Discography
- With Guruh Gipsy
- Studio albums
- Soundtrack albums
- Singles
- Explanatory notes
- References
- External links
Hajji Chrismansyah Rahadi (; born Christian Rahadi ; 16 September 1949 – 30 March 2007), better known by his stage name Chrisye (), was an Indonesian progressive pop singer and songwriter. In 2011, Rolling Stone Indonesia declared him the third-greatest Indonesian musician of all time.
Born in Jakarta of mixed Chinese-Indonesian descent, Chrisye became interested in music at an early age. At high school, he played bass guitar in a band he formed with his brother, Joris. In the late 1960s, he joined Sabda Nada (later Gipsy), a band led by his neighbours, the Nasutions. In 1973, after a short hiatus, he rejoined the band to play in New York for a year. He briefly returned to Indonesia and then went back to New York with another band, the Pro's. After once again returning to Indonesia, he collaborated with Gipsy and Guruh Sukarnoputra to record the 1976 indie album Guruh Gipsy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chrisye” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.