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Winai Chulabutsapa

Thai musician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionApr 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ16139522 ↗
Source-derived summary

Winai Chulabutsapa (Thai: วินัย จุลละบุษปะ, RTGS: Winai Chunlabutsapa; June 12, 1922 - September 14, 1999) was a lead singer of the Suntaraporn band, leader of The Public Relations Department band and Sangkheetsamphant band. He was well known for his songs which are mostly sung in Tango Rhythms until he got the famous nickname "The King of Tango".

References

Winai Chulabutsapa's HistoryArchived (In Thai) 2007-7-16 with Wayback Machine

Further reading

เอนก นาวิกมูล (1998). วินัย จุลละบุษปะ : รวมประวัติและผลงานขับร้องของวินัย จุลละบุษปะ นักร้องเสียงอมตะ (in Thai). Bangkok: สมาคมนักร้องแห่งประเทศไทย. OCLC 934472945.

วงดนตรีกรมประชาสัมพันธ์ (1991). พิธีไหว้ครูดนตรี (in Thai). Bangkok: Public Relations Department.

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The public source identifies “Winai Chulabutsapa” as thai musician. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Winai, Chulabutsapa and Thai.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1922, 1999, 2007, 1998—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1922-09-12. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Winai, Chulabutsapa and Thai providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16139522. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1922, 1999, 2007 and 1998.

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This entry incorporates text from “Winai Chulabutsapa” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.