Ernie Irawaty Djohan or better known as Ernie Djohan (born 6 April 1951) is an Indonesian singer & actress.
At the age of 11 she was already singing for Radio Talentime 1962 in Singapore. That year Ernie Djohan also won first place in All Singapore's School Talentime. The first recording in Singapore in 1962 was done at Phillips Recording Company. The most memorable songs of all time in the 1960s-1980s era are Teluk Bayur, Kau Selalu Di Hatiku, Mutiara Yang Hilang, Senja Di Batas Kota and many other hits.
Ernie Djohan is also known as the pioneer of the First Child Singer in Indonesia in the 1963-1965 era and was often asked to entertain for State Guests by the First President of Indonesia Bung Karno.Ernie was also the First Indonesian Singer to get a Golden Record from Remaco Records through his all-time hit song in 1965-1966 'Teluk Bayur' breaking the sales of the Best Selling Album of his time.
In 1962, Ernie became a Radio Talentime star. She was then invited to record with the Philips Singapore label singing English and Singaporean songs. In 1968 Ernie went to record abroad with Phillips Recording Holland and was invited to travel around Europe for promotion and even became one of the covers of the famous Entertainment Magazine at that time 'World Pop News' 1968 edition published in the Netherlands, England & Belgium.
