The Suntaraporn Band is the first

Luk Krung Luk krung (, ; ) is a genre of Thai 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 Musicia ...

(ลูกกรุง) music band in Thailand, established in November 20, 1939 by

Eua Sunthornsanan Eua Suntornsanan (; ; January 21, 1910, Amphawa, Samut Songkhram Province – April 1, 1981) was a singer, Thai composer and bandleader of the Suntaraporn Band. He was a pioneer in introducing Western music into Thai culture. He started the tre ...

and His friends. The band's well known and popular by many songs made from the band with different Rhythms and Style in singing, such as Ramwong Rhythm (จังหวะ รำวง), Tango Rhythm (จังหวะ แทงโก้), Cha-cha-cha Rhythm (จังหวะ ชะชะช่า), etc. Having Singers that are popular in the past singing in Vinyl Records such as

Manthana Morakul Mantana Keartiwongs is known by the original name Mantana Morakul (, ; born March 30, 1923) was the first female singer in The Public Relations Department band, Luk Krung singer and the Early Era singer of The Suntaraporn Band. Mantana also i ...

, Lert Prasomsrap, Chawalee Chuangwith,

Winai Chulabutsapa Winai Chulabutsapa (, ; June 12, 1922 - September 14, 1999) was a lead singer of the Suntaraporn band, leader of The Public Relations Department band and Sangkheetsamphant band. He was well known for his songs which are mostly sung in Tango R ...

Pensri Poomchoosri Pensri Pomchoosri (; ; 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. She was named a National Artist of Thailand in 1991 ...

, Chantana Obayawarth, Srisuda Ratchatawan, Woranuch Arree, etc.

History

In the early

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, the band was formed under the leadership of Luang Sukhum-Naipradit. The band members contain

and his friends. Later in 1936, the band was performing for Thai Films Co., Ltd. Limited by

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. When the company closed down, the band belonged to

Phra Chenduriyang Phra Chenduriyang (Piti Vādyakara) (, ; born as ''Peter Feit'', (July 13, 1883 – December 25, 1968) was a Thai composer, conductor, music professor, collector and arranger. He was the son of a German American immigrant, Jacob Feit, and a Mon m ...

who was the band director at the time and Phra Chenduriyang was the

Fine Arts Department The Fine Arts Department (, ) is a government department of Thailand, under the Ministry of Culture. Its mission is managing the country's cultural heritage. History The department was originally established by King Vajiravudh in 1912, split o ...

's government officer. Wilart Osatanon, the director of the Publicity Department (Later changed to the Public Relations Department) wanted a band to perform during the publishing news on the radio. The Publicity Department requested the Fine Arts Department to transfer the band member to the Publicity Department. Eua became the band leader, while Wes Sunthornchamorn, his friend, became the assistant band leader. The band used "The Publicity Department's dance band" under the government work. However, during outside government work, The band used "Suntaraporn Band". "Suntaraporn" Came from a combination of Eua's last name and his lover's name, Arporn.

Present Day

In present day, The Suntaraporn Legacy was given to Eua's Daughter, Atiporn Kannasuth as Legal inheritance rights. Atiporn formed Suntaraporn Foundation under royal patronage of Princess Sirindhorn, having the intention to preserve and promote Suntaraporn's songs. While the Public Relation Department's Band now had Chomchay Arunchan as the band leader and Director of Music Administration. In recent time, Piprai Jimeesik became the Director of Music Administration.

History

Present Day

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