Eddie Lund was a pianist and bandleader.

He grew up in Vancouver, Washington, USA, and later moved to Oregon where he worked as a pianist. He later moved to Tahiti in either 1936 or 1938 where he stayed permanently and published and released many records. He was the leader of a popular band, Eddie Lund and His Tahitians

Eddie Lund and His Tahitians

Eddie Lund and His Tahitians were a Tahitian music band led by Eddie Lund in the 1950s and 1960s. They were very popular with the style of music played back then which was a lively Tahitian style of music....

 which released records on the ABC-Paramount and Tahiti labels. He picked up the Tahitian language quickly and secured a residence at Quinns night club in Papeete.

Much of Tahiti's music has been written by him. Lund has been referred to as the Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin was an American composer and lyricist of Jewish heritage, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.His first hit song, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", became world famous...

of Island music and the father of modern Tahitian folk music. He died in 1973.

Discography

• Rendezvous In Tahiti, (1954)
• Lure of Tahiti, (1959)
• Meet Me in Tahiti, (1961)
• Eddy Lund Tahiti, (1961)
• Eddy Lund Tahiti Dances, (1961)
• Maori Lullabye (1962)
• Echoes from a Distant Lagoon (1962)
• Eddy Lund Bar Lea VE 39 (1962)
• Tahitian Paradise (1963) ABC-Paramount
• Eddy Lund Tahiti Mon Amour Viking V-80 (1965)
• A Night in Tahiti VE 74 (1964)
• Meet Me in Tahiti! VP 21 (?)
• Let's Dance Tahitian VP60 (?)

External links

• Eddie Lund discussed