Luk Krung was first established around 1931, during the reign of
King Rama VII, in which Thailand was going through a regime change. Some people told the end of period of
King Rama VI around 1912, an Italian musician was employed to bring string instruments to Thailand in order to teach Thai people to play them. Luk Krung became famous around 1932. The melody of song King Rama VI and the song “La tee kluaymai” of
Khun Wichitmatra which had a rumba rhythm was brought to be played with Luk Krung style. The first and most famous
luk krung group was
the Suntharaphon band (วงดนตรีสุนทราภรณ์). In 1939, The Suntharaphon band was established and became a big band which made the society of that period begin to listen to music. Listeners and record labels began to classify the music into groups, created singers that looked more like the people in city. Musicians, songwriters and singers had a new fashion about their clothes. There were clubs and bars at
Ratdamnern road for playing the music. The hotels also had a ballroom in order to play Luk Krung music. After that, Luk Krung song had the comparison with Luk Thung song. ==Luk Krung Artists==