Seandainya Selalu Satu
Music/Lyrics Elfa Secioria/Wieke Gur.
Arrangement Elfa Secioria
Vocal Harvey Malaihollo
“Seandainya Selalu Satu”, represented Indonesia at The 17th World Popular Song Festival, held on 26 October 1986 in Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
Twelve countries participated: Japan, Norway, USA, Belgium, Canada, Italy, France, UK, Brazil, China and Mexico. The song, composed by Elfa Secioria and Wieke Gur. won Harvey Malaihollo The Best Singer Award.
The Yamaha Music Festival, officially known as World Popular Song Festival and unofficially as the “Oriental Eurovision”, used to be the world’s biggest song contest, until it ended in 1989; that honour has now passed to the Eurovision Song Contest, in terms of viewership and participation. It was organised by the Yamaha Music Foundation in Tokyo, Japan from 1970 until 1989. The first edition of the World Popular Song Festival (WPSF) took place on 20, 21 and 22 November 1970 with 37 participating countries from all continents.
Well-established names as well as new talents tried their fortune at the WPSF: a (very young) ABBA, Céline Dion (Best Song Award in 1982), Bryan Adams (Participating in 1982), Tina Charles, Eros Ramazzotti, Gianna Nannini, Demis Roussos, Bonnie Tyler, B.J. Thomas, LaToya Jackson, Erasure and many others.
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World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo ’86
Yamaha Music Festival
WPSF