Ros Serey Sothea

Ros Serey Sothea
Sothea in the 1960s
Background information
Birth name	Ros Sothea
Born	c. 1948 Battambang province, Cambodia
Origin	Battambang, Cambodia
Died	c. 1977 (aged 28–29) Democratic Kampuchea
Genres	Psychedelic rock garage rock kbach romvong saravan blues bossa nova film music classical Khmer music
Occupations	Singer actress
Years active	1967–1975
Spouse	Sos Math

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Ros Serey Sothea (Khmer: រស់ សេរីសុទ្ធា/រស់ សិរីសុទ្ធា [ruəh serəjsotʰiə]; c. 1948–1977) was a Cambodian singer. She was active during the final years of the First Kingdom of Cambodia and into the Khmer Republic period. She sang in a variety of genres; romantic ballads emerged as her most popular works. Despite a relatively brief career she is credited with singing hundreds of songs. She also ventured into acting, starring in a few films. Details of her life are relatively scarce. She disappeared during the Khmer Rouge regime of the late 1970s but the circumstances of her fate remain a mystery. Norodom Sihanouk granted Sothea the honorary title "Queen with the Golden Voice."^[1]