Mao Sareth (Khmer: ម៉ៅ សារ៉េត [maw saːˈreːt]) was a Cambodian singer active from the early 1960s to the mid-1970s.[1][2] Sareth was born in 1944 in Battambang, with the birth name Pol Sarann.^{[citation needed]} She was one of the earliest popular singers in the Cambodian rock scene of the early 1960s, in which musicians combined traditional Khmer music styles with popular forms from the United States, Europe, and Latin America.[3] Mao was cited as an influence by later singers Pen Ran and Ros Serey Sothea.[4] She is known to have performed live as late as 1973.[5]

Mao Sareth ម៉ៅ សារ៉េត
Mao Sareth, from a 1960s record cover
Background information
Born	c. 1944 Battambang, Cambodia, French Indochina
Died	mid-1970s
Genres	traditional Khmer, romvong, saravan, film
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1950s–1970
Labels	Wat Phnom Production

During an interview with Huoy Meas, Mao Sareth stated that she had three sisters and that she came from a family of musicians. In her free time she liked to read romantic novels.[6] Along with many musicians and members of other suspect professions, she was executed by the Khmer Rouge sometime during the later years of the Cambodian Civil War or early in the Cambodian Genocide.[7]

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[ru] Мау Сарет