when I was reading the german Spiegel magazine, there was an article about thai pop culture and music in the sixties, singles and LPs..vietnam war, GIs and musical influence of the USA on thai Morlam music..

you can still have a look at the pics, if you cant read the text:

http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/0,1518,738286,00.html

scroll down the Spiegel homepage - there are few more examples from that sampler..like

Onuma Singsiri - Mae Kha Som Tam

The Petch Phon Thong Band - Soul Lam Plearn

here are some music samples from the producer:

http://www.soundwayrecords.com/catalogue/the-sound-of-siam.html

Nothing much has changed since. I even find the music a bit more expressive and little bit more psychedelic, lol..so thats the music your mums used to dance to..

very ding ding dong:

http://www.myspace.com/zudrangmarecords/music/songs/Ding-Ding-Dong-61366673