Sinn Sisamouth
☼ Born on 23 December 1933, in Steung Treng Province, Cambodia
† Died on (day unknown) (month unknown) (year unknown), in Kandal Province, Cambodia, cause undisclosed
BiographySinn Sisamouth was an influential and highly prolific Cambodian singer-songwriter from the 1950s to the 1970s. Widely considered the "King of Khmer music," Sinn Sisamouth, along with Ros Serey Sothea, Pen Ran, Mao Sareth, and other Khmer artists, was part of a thriving pop music scene in Phnom Penh that blended elements of Khmer traditional music with the sounds of rhythm and blues and rock and roll to develop a Cambodian rock sound. Sisamouth died during the Khmer Rouge regime under circumstances that are unclear.
In the role of actor
Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll – Reel Asian 2014 (08/11/2014)
Following its independence from France in the 1950s, Cambodia had a very prosperous popular music scene. Influenced by Afro-Cuban music and rock and roll, acts such as Sinn Sisamouth, The Bayon Band, and Houy Meas became huge hits on Cambodian radio. However, things would change with the Cambodian Civil War in the 1970s and the […]