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Kōrero: Popular music

Lauri Paddi Band, 1940

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Lauri Paddi Band, 1940

The Lauri Paddi Band, led by Laurence Paddy, was a popular live act in the 1930s and 1940s. In 1940 the band performed with singer Coral Cummins in Christchurch and was recorded by radio station 3ZB.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, E. M. Alderdice Collection

Reference: PA1-q-182-28

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Chris Bourke, Popular music – Recorded music, radio and dance music, 1900s to 1930s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/42617/lauri-paddi-band-1940 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Chris Bourke, i tāngia i te 16 September 2013.