Thai Pop Music Is A Genre Of Thai Music Roughly Equivalent To Western Pop. It Emerged During The 1970s–80s And Was During That Period Known As String Music Thai เพลงสตริง . It Took Over Mainstream Popularity During The 1990s And Has Since Dominated The Thai Music Industry. String's Origins Lie In American R&B Surf Rock Artists Like The Ventures And Dick Dale Exotica Rockabilly And Country And Western Brought To Thailand By American And Australian Soldiers Serving In Vietnam In The Late 1950s And Early 1960s. It Also Drew Heavily On British Invasion Rock'n'roll Garage Rock And Hollywood Film Soundtracks. The Term Is Extremely Broad Covering Thai Rock Dance Music Rap And Western-Influenced Popular Music In General. It Normally Excludes The Folk Rock Phleng Phuea Chiwit. In The 1980s It Mixed With Other Genres Such As Disco Funk Dance And Rock. Early String Artists And Bands Include The Impossibles And Grand Ex. Later Popular Artists In 1980s Include Thongchai McIntyre Pumpuang Duangjan Asanee-Wasan Micro Ploy The Innocent. Read More On Last.Fm. User-Contributed Text Is Available Under The Creative Commons By-SA License Additional Terms May Apply. Thai-Pop Every artist, every band, and every song you can imagine, from the newest to the oldest, are easily accessible through Frogtoon Music. Get ready to indulge yourself and allow the music to enrich your soul, ignite your passion, awaken your emotions, and bring back some beautiful memories. The following is a directory of top artists and bands from Thai Pop: As you visit their pages, you will be presented with a list of popular videos, top tracks, recommended mixes, and music from all the albums they released. In addition, within each page, you can access and discover music from similar artists and bands.
