Pongsri Woranuch
Pongsri Woranuch (5 June 1939 – 6 April 2025) was a Thai singer. She first became a star in the 1950s with the orchestra of Suraphol Sombatcharoen, practicing music in the style of luk thung. Soon she became the first singer to be called "queen of luk thung".
Also recorded as Phongsi Woranut
Pongsri Woranuch
เมืองไทย ภัทรถาวงศ์ · Public domain
- Name
- Pongsri Woranuch
- Born
- 5 June 1939
- Birthplace
- Manorom, Chai Nat province, Siam
- Died
- 6 April 2025
- Place of death
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Occupation
- Singer
- Nationality
- Thailand.
- Fields
- luk thung.
- Honours
- National Artist of Thailand.
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Pongsri Woranuch (5 June 1939 – 6 April 2025) was a Thai singer. She first became a star in the 1950s with the orchestra of Suraphol Sombatcharoen, practicing music in the style of luk thung. Soon she became the first singer to be called "queen of luk thung".
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Woranuch melded the style of traditional Thai folk music to music from outside the region, including various genres of East Asian music, Latin American music, and American country music and film music. Alongside Suraphon Sombatjalern, she is considered one of the most important of this genre's practitioners. In 1992, she became the second luk thung artist awarded the title of Thai National Artist. She died from lung disease at her residence in Bangkok, on 6 April 2025, at the age of 85.
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• Name — Pongsri Woranuch • Native Name — ผ่องศรี วรนุช • Born — 5 June 1939 • Birthplace — Manorom, Chai Nat province, Siam • Died — 6 April 2025 • Place of death — Bangkok, Thailand • Genre — Luk thung • Occupation — Singer
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Pongsri Woranuch is recorded with the occupation musician. Recorded as a citizen of Thailand. Classed in the genre pop music.
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Pongsri Woranuch died on 6 April 2025.
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