The genre of this song is Bolero Twist. កូលាបតូក្យូ /
Kolab Tokyo was
recorded on Wat-Phnom label 45-5048 Side B along with ម៉ាន់ឌេ! ម៉ាន់ឌេ! / Monday!
Monday! on Side A.
This song was written by Sinn Sisamouth during a visit to Tokyo, Japan with
Norodom Sihanouk. From this record, we started to see Sinn Sisamouth
releasing records after records about his travel as he accompany
Sihanouk on his political duties. Wat-Phnom label 45-5088, Sinn
Sisamouth sang about his time in Paris, France.
WAT-PHNOM, Ref. 45-5048
Side B. កូលាបតូក្យូ
ROSE DE TOKYO ( Bolero Twist)
The genre of this song is Bolero Twist. ម៉ាន់ឌេ! ម៉ាន់ឌេ! / Monday! Monday! was
recorded on Wat-Phnom label 45-45-5048 Side A along with កូលាបតូក្យូ / Kolab Tokyo on Side B. This song has a blend of Sinn Sisamouth, Sos Math and a rare Has Salan's voice. Has Salan was famous for his ability to compose music and his talent as a violin player.
This song was written by Sinn Sisamouth during a visit to Indonesia with Norodom Sihanouk. From this record, we started to see Sinn Sisamouth releasing records after records about his travel as he accompany Sihanouk on his political duties. Wat-Phnom label 45-5088, Sinn Sisamouth sang about his time in Paris, France.
WAT-PHNOM, Ref. 45-5048
Side A. ម៉ាន់ឌេ! ម៉ាន់ឌេ!
MANDE MANDE ( Bolero Twist)
The genre of this song is Boston. នឹកអូនជានិច្ច / Nik Oun Jear Nich was recorded on Wat-Phnom label 45-5080 Side B along with ស្តាប់ស្នូរទឹកភ្លៀង / Sdub Snoe
Tik Pleang on Side A.
The song was written and performed by Mr. Sinn Sisamouth. The LP record does not show when this record was
released but we are left to guess that it would be around early part of
1963.
WAT-PHNOM, Ref. 45-5080
Side B. នឹកអូនជានិច្ច
JE PENSE A TOI (Boston)
The genre of this song is Bolero Twist. ស្តាប់ស្នូរទឹកភ្លៀង / Sdub Snoe Tik Pleang was recorded on Wat-Phnom label 45-5080 Side A along with នឹកអូនជានិច្ច / Nik Oun Jear Nich on Side B. The melody is from the song "Rhythm of the Rain" by The Cascade which was released in the US in November 1962.
The lyric was written by Sinn Sisamouth to sing along with the melody of "Rhythm of the Rain". The LP record does not show when this record was released but we are left to guess that it would be around early part of 1963 as evident by the release of this song by The Cascade in the later part of 1962.
WAT-PHNOM, Ref. 45-5080
Side A. ស្តាប់ស្នូរទឹកភ្លៀង
EN ECOUTANT LA PLUIE
(Bolero Twist)
The genre of this song is Slow Rock. សង្សារកំសត់ /
Songsa Komsot was recorded on Wat-Phnom label 45-5112 Side B with ផ្ការបស់មិត្តខ្ញុំ / Pka Robos Mit
Knom on Side A. The exact year of the recording and release are
not on the label and thus unknown.
Thanks to Mietophoum National Library & Cultural Center of Long
Beach for providing access to this precious and rare record.
WAT-PHNOM Ref. 45-5112
Side B. សង្សារកំសត់
MON PAUVRE AMOUR (Slow Rock)
The genre of this song is Rumba Lent. ផ្ការបស់មិត្តខ្ញុំ / Pka Robos Mit Knom was recorded on Wat-Phnom label 45-5112 Side A with សង្សារកំសត់ / Songsa Komsot on Side B. The exact year of the recording and release are not on the label and thus unknown.
There were many rumors about the history of this song. Some said that this song was about Sinn Sisamouth and the female singer Mao Sareth. They said that Ms. Mao Sareth had a heart for Mr. Sinn Sisamouth but she was still married to Mr. Som Sakon who was also Sinn Sisamouth's friend.
In turn, Sinn Sisamouth wrote this song for Ms. Mao Sareth to remind her of the would be complications of this relationship and that it would be best to remain as friends. Remember, this was just a rumor associated with this song.
Thanks to Mietophoum National Library & Cultural Center of Long Beach for providing access to this precious and rare record.
WAT-PHNOM Ref. 45-5112
Side A. ផ្ការបស់មិត្តខ្ញុំ
LA FLEUR DE MON AMI (Ruba-lent)
The genre of this song is Cha Cha Cha. This
song was recorded on Wat-Phnom label 45-5012 Side A with Volume 3
included on the record. Subsequent releases, such as label 45-5020
included Volume 5, all had a photo of Mr. Sinn Sisamouth in the
recording studio with his elbow resting on a reel-to-reel audio tape
recorder.
This song was written by Norodom Sihanouk and music arrangement by the legendary Mer Bun. Bopha Veangchan is very popular among Sihanouk's songs. Sihanouk wrote this song when he did a tour of Laos in the 1950s. According to a Khmer article written in 2003, Sihanouk had confirmed that he had written this song to reflect his love affair with a Laos student that resulted in a birth of their daughter Norodom Arun Reasmey.
As
can be seen from the record label below, most of the information about
the song was provided including the title in both Khmer and French.
Unfortunately, the date of the record release was not provided.
Therefore, exact time of the song's recording and release was unknown.
We are left to approximate the date of its release from other sources.
Note
that even though this song was originally released by Wat-Phnom label,
other record labels also used this song to compile and sold under
their own names. Here we have Independence record label using this song
in their H-108 label compilation.
WAT-PHNOM, Ref. 45-5012
Side A. បុប្ផាវៀងច័ន្ទ
FLEUR DE VENTIANE (Cha Cha Cha)
Chantees par
SINN SISAMOUTH
Musique et paroles de
NORODOM SIHANOUK
CHEF D'ORCHESTRE:
MER BUN
បុប្ផាវៀងច័ន្ទ
និពន្ធបទភ្លេងទំនុកច្រៀងសម្រួលតន្រ្តីច្រៀងដោយ នរោត្តម-សីហនុមែរ-ប៊ុន ស៊ីន-ស៊ីសាមុត
I. កាលបងចរយាត្រា និរាសពីរដ្ឋាក្រុងកម្ពុជា
ដល់វៀងចន្ទធានី រងាឯកា ។
II. ឃើញគ្រប់ជាតិបុប្ផា គន្ធាក្លិនសុះសាយឥតណាយចិន្ដា
ពិដោរឈ្ងប់ជាប់នាសា ឱរារៀមចង់បានពេកក្រៃ ។
R. ឱ! ផ្កាវៀងចន្ទក្លិនពិដោរសោភា លោកអឺយ
ធ្វើម្ដេចព្រះសោយនឹងបានមកសូរសៀង កាមា ។
III. ទោះមានច្រើនដល់ម្ល៉ា ប្រាថ្នាតែរសជាតិត្រួយបណ្ដូលចិត្ត
ឱ! កែវបងគ្រាឥឡូវ លាទៅទាំងក្រៀមក្រំអាល័យ ។
The genre of this song is Ramvong as suggested by the title. This
song was recorded on Wat-Phnom label 45-5012 Side B with Volume 3 included on the record. Subsequent releases, such as label 45-5020 included Volume 5, all had a photo of Mr. Sinn Sisamouth in the recording studio with his elbow resting on a reel-to-reel audio tape recorder.
This song was written by Sinn Sisamouth and music arrangement by the legendary Mer Bun.
As can be seen from the record label below, most of the information about the song was provided including the title in both Khmer and French. Unfortunately, the date of the record release was not provided. Therefore, exact time of the song's recording and release was unknown. We are left to approximate the date of its release from other sources.
Note that even though this song was originally released by Wat-Phnom label, other record labels also used this song to compile and sold under their own names. Here we have Independence record label using this song in their H-108 label compilation.
WAT-PHNOM, Ref. 45-5012
Side B. រាំវង់ក្នុងពេលរាត្រី
NUIT DE RAMVONG (Ramvong)
The genre of this song is Bolero Cha Cha Cha. This
song was recorded on Wat-Phnom label 45-8812 Side B. Mr. Yin Dikan was known best as a flute player but he was also an established singer/song writer. He had this unique voice about him, raw and natural, that made him stood out among others. This song, among his many songs, helped him gained a reputation as a singer/song writer.
He and his wife, Mok Chan Maly, was born and raise in Kampong Chnung Province. He survived the Pol Pot genocide but past away in the 1980s.
Wat-Phnom, Ref. 45-8812
Side A. ប្រាប់មកចុះ - យិន-ឌីកាន
DIS-LE MOI (Chronchong)
Chantees par YIN DIKAN
Musique et paroles de KIM-SAM-ELL
Arrangee par KIM-SAM-ELL
Wat-Phnom, Ref. 45-8812
Side B. ញញឹម ញញឹម - យិន-ឌីកាន
SOURIS SOURIS (Bolero Cha Cha)
Chantees par YIN DIKAN
Musique et paroles de YIN-DIKAN
Arrangee par HAS-SALAN
The song genre listed on the record cover is Chronchong. I've never heard of this genre before. It is somewhat similar to Bosanova. This song was recorded on Wat-Phnom label 45-8812 Side A. From the series number we can conclude that the record was released in the late 1960s and early 1970 as LP records were beginning to phase out and cassette tapes were gaining popularity.
Furthermore, we saw growing number of emerging artists started to make records with Wat-Phnom label. Wat-Phnom previous record releases had been with well established singers, a majority of them were by Sinn Sisamouth. An example of such emerging artist was Yin Dikan who sang in this album and went on to produce several albums later in his career. Another example was Keo Montha label 45-8810.
In this record we also see the writer/musician Kim Sam Ell's name started to appear. This was because a lot of artists were still in school or have not yet relocated to Phnom Penh where all the music movements were taking place.
Wat-Phnom, Ref. 45-8812
Side A. ប្រាប់មកចុះ - យិន-ឌីកាន
DIS-LE MOI (Chronchong)
Chantees par YIN DIKAN
Musique et paroles de KIM-SAM-ELL
Arrangee par KIM-SAM-ELL
Wat-Phnom, Ref. 45-8812
Side B. ញញឹម ញញឹម - យិន-ឌីកាន
SOURIS SOURIS (Bolero Cha Cha)
Chantees par YIN DIKAN
Musique et paroles de YIN-DIKAN
Arrangee par HAS-SALAN
This song was recorded at the same time as Champa Battambang and was also written by Mr. Sinn Sisamouth. It was not as popular as Champa Battambang. This song was recorded on Side B of Wat-Phnom Disques label 45-5044.
Wat-Phnom Disques,
Ref. 45-5044 Circa 1962
Musique et paroles de SINN SISAMOUTH Arrangement par MER-BUN
Side A: ចំប៉ាបាត់ដំបង
Champa Battambang (Bolero-twist)
Side B: ចាំជាតិក្រោយចុះ
Mon Esperance D'avenir (Slow-rock)
Champa Battambang was recorded in the early 1960s, around 1962. Mr. Sinn Sisamouth was already a singer by 1951, albeit an unknown one. It was not until around 1953 that he was selected into the Vong Phleng Preah Reach Troap (classical ensemble of the Royal Treasury).
There were no recording studios in Cambodia until the 1960s when they started to appear. Champa Battambang was the first record recorded by Sinn Sisamouth and released through Wat-Phnom Production that made him popular.
From my observations, there are many Champa Battambang records still exist around the world today. This one below is the actual scan of the record from Mietophoum National Library and Cultural Center in Long Beach. I have also seen two other records with the same title through my years of collecting Khmer records.
Wat-Phnom Disques,
Ref. 45-5044 Circa 1962
Musique et paroles de SINN SISAMOUTH CHEF D'ORCHESTRE: MER BUN
Side A: ចំប៉ាបាត់ដំបង
Champa Battambang (Bolero-twist)
Side B: ចាំជាតិក្រោយចុះ
Mon Esperance D'avenir (Slow-rock)
