Ellya Khadam, Indonesian Singer Who Appears on Google Homepage

jpnn.com, JAKARTA - The Google Doodle homepage displays an illustration of Indonesian singer Ellya Khadam on Saturday (23/10), but not many Indonesians in today generation know her.

Created by illustrator Fatchurofi Muhammad from Semarang, Central Java, the image was displayed in honor of the late Ellya's birthday.

Ellya was known as a pioneer of dangdut music in Indonesia.

Born in Batavia (now Jakarta) on October 23, 1928, Ellya's original name was Siti Alya Husnah.

Besides Ellya Khadam, she was also known as Ellya Agus or Ellya M. Haris.

Ellya spent her childhood in Kawikawi village in Manggarai, South Jakarta.

She married at a young age and was blessed with two children. Her first marriage did not go smoothly, so she married another man.

As a teenager, Ellya began learning to sing self-taught after being inspired by a neighbor who was a Malaysian pop singer.