Luk krung ( th, ลูกกรุง, ; literally "child of the city"), also called ''phleng luk krung'' (
เพลงลูกกรุง), is a genre of
Thai
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popular music. It is a more polished, urban style, compared to its folk music counterpart, ''
luk thung''.
[Roongrang, Panya. "Music of Thailand, II: Regional and Popular Music". ''New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' Online.] Luk krung songs commonly feature themes about feelings of society, people in the capital and occurrences that happen in the period of time. The emotions, the singing, the tone of singer, the songwriter and musicians all form to create an exquisite, delicate and gentle sound. The style of the music and lyrics are similar to poetry and the meaning of lyrics is complex.
History
Luk Krung was first established around 1931, during the reign of
King Rama VII
Prajadhipok ( th, ประชาธิปก, RTGS: ''Prachathipok'', 8 November 1893 – 30 May 1941), also Rama VII, was the seventh monarch of Siam of the Chakri dynasty. His reign was a turbulent time for Siam due to political and ...
, in which Thailand was going through a regime change. Some people told the end of period of
King Rama VI
Vajiravudh ( th, วชิราวุธ, , 1 January 188126 November 1925) was the sixth monarch of Siam under the Chakri dynasty as Rama VI. He ruled from 23 October 1910 until his death in 1925. King Vajiravudh is best known for his effort ...
around 1912, an Italian musician was employed to bring string instruments to Thailand in order to teach Thai people to play them. Luk Krung became famous around 1932. The melody of song King Rama VI and the song “La tee kluaymai” of
Khun Wichitmatra
Sanga Kanchanakphan ( th, สง่า กาญจนาคพันธุ์; ; 7 July 1897 – 2 July 1980), also known by the noble title Khun Wichitmatra ( th, ขุนวิจิตรมาตรา; ), wrote the lyrics of the Thai Nation ...
which had a rumba rhythm was brought to be played with Luk Krung style.
The first and most famous ''luk krung'' group was ''the Suntharaphon band'' (วงดนตรีสุนทราภรณ์). In 1939,The Suntharaphon band was established and became a big band which made the society of that period begin to listen to music. Listeners and record labels began to classify the music into groups, created singers that looked more like the people in city. Musicians, songwriters and singers had a new fashion about their clothes. There were clubs and bars at
Ratdamnern road for playing the music. The hotels also had a ballroom in order to play Luk Krung music. After that, Luk Krung song had the comparison with Luk Thung song.
Luk Krung Artists
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Suntaraphorn (Thai Luk Krung band)
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Eua Sunthornsanan
Eua Suntornsanan ( th, เอื้อ สุนทรสนาน; ; January 21, 1910, Amphawa, Samut Songkhram Province – April 1, 1981) was a singer, Thai composer and bandleader of Suntaraporn band. He was a pioneer in introducing Weste ...
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Suthep Wongkamhaeng
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Charin Nanthanakhorn
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Narit Aree
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Dimpossible (Thai Luk Krung band)
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Settra Sirachaya
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Rewat Buddhinan
Rewat Buddhinan ( th, เรวัต พุทธินันทน์; ; September 5, 1948 – October 27, 1996), nicknamed Ter ( ''Toe''), was a singer, producer and founding member of the Thai pop group, The Impossibles. He was a pioneer in th ...
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Orawee Sujjanon
Orawee Sujjanon ( th, อรวี สัจจานนท์, sometimes Sutjahnon, Satchanont, or Sajjanont; ) (born 9 March 1965) is a Thai lukgrung singer who has the alias "the singer with voice like a bell" (thai:นักร้องเ ...
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Pensri Poomchoosri
Pensri Pomchoosri ( th, เพ็ญศรี พุ่มชูศรี; ; June 17, 1929 in Changwat Phitsanulok – May 14, 2007 in Changwat Samut Prakan) was a Thai pop singer and actress, active for more than five decades from the 1940s ...
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Kittikhun Chiansong
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Pause (Thai Luk Krung band)
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Amarin Ruengboriboon
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Patchara Wangwan
References
Thai styles of music
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