Sinn Sisamouth

Sinn Sisamouth
ស៊ីន ស៊ីសាមុត
Sisamouth in a film about the Royal Ballet of Cambodia (c. 1965)
Background information
Born
Sinn Sisamouth - ស៊ីន ស៊ីសាមុត

c. 1933
Diedc. 1976 (aged 42–43)
GenresKhmer pop, Psychedelic rock, garage rock, traditional Khmer, romvong, saravann, jazz, bossanova, Latin, blues, cha cha cha, a go go, film, et al.
OccupationsSinger-songwriter, composer, etc.
InstrumentsGuitar, Mandolin, Sralai, Pey pok, Chapei, Tro et al.
Years active1953–1975
LabelsWat-Phnom, Chanchhaya, Lac Sea, Independance, Cambodia Records, Bayon, Lion Records, et al.
PublisherKrouch Polin
Websitehttps://www.thecvma.org/singers

Sinn Sisamouth (c. 1933 – c. 1976) was a Cambodian singer-songwriter active from the 1950s to the 1970s. Widely considered the "King of Khmer Music", Sisamouth, along with Ros Serey Sothea, Pen Ran, Mao Sareth, and other Cambodian artists, was part of a thriving music scene in Phnom Penh that blended elements of Khmer traditional music with the sounds of rhythm and blues and rock and roll developing unique sounds. Sisamouth died during the Khmer Rouge regime under circumstances that are unclear.