PM Pocket Music

Payong Mukda, born in the Ratchaburi Province of Thailand, led the Thai genre of music known as "shadow music" in the mid-1960s (referencing the UK band The Shadows). Mukda also went by Pocket Music (a.k.a. P.M. Pocket Music) and later The Son of P. M. (Thai: เดอะซันออฟพีเอ็ม). He was awarded with the prestigious "National Artist of Thailand" award in 1991. In February of 2010, Mukda died at the age of 84.