In April 1946, His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej composed his first song, “Saeng Tien”, before he had ascended the throne. The honour of composing the Thai lyrics to ‘blues’ was granted to H.H. Prince Chakrabandh Pensiri. But as His Majesty wished to improve the wording he did not release the composition immediately. Prof.Dr. Prasert Na Nagara, who also wrote lyrics for his Majesty’s compositions, noted that:

“His Majesty mentioned that the wording at the end of “Saeng Tien” was too melancholy. H.H. Prince Chakrabandh Pensiri explained that his composition was a blues, and that African-American blues were usually sorrowful. However, His Majesty responded that even though they were sorrowful, the endings of blues were usually philosophical, encouraging people to fight through life and to be hopeful”.
However, “Saeng Tien” became His Majesty’s third release --- following “Yarm Yen” and “Sai Fon”, which were His Majesty’s second and third compositions respectively. The first release of “Saeng Tien” was sung by Mr. Euah Sunthornsanan and performed by his band “Suntharaporn”. Later in 1953, His Majesty granted the honour to Assoc.Prof.Sodsai Pantoomkomol to compose an English version of the lyrics --- to the same melody of “Saeng Tien” --- which was named, “Candlelight Blues”