Cambodian Music - Pan Ron

While Pan Ron was the second lady of Khmer music during the the 60s and 70s, little is known about her life. What we know of her comes from her music, a delightful mix of the playful and the soulful. During her life she created a great treasure - hundreds of songs, many of which she both wrote and performed. Tragically, her career and life was cut short; she is not known to have survived the Khmer Rouge years.


Pan Ron had a long and successful career as a singer and songwriter. During the late 60s and early 70s, she was the second most famous and popular female singer in Cambodia. She had some success in the early 60s, but her career really took off when she began recording with Sinn Sisamouth in 1966. After that, she had many hits, sometimes singing alone, but often paired with Sisamouth, Ros Serysothea, or some of the other stars of the era.