Later History
In the late 1950s through the early 1960s, the band was resident at the Wimbledon Palais under the direction of David Ede and the management of Oscar's son, Bernard. Personnel included Arthur Greenslade (piano), Sammy Stokes and then Ron Prentice (bass), Freddy Adamson (drums), Don Sandford (guitar), and the usual impeccable saxes line up included Cecil Pressling (alto), Rex Morris (tenor), David Ede (alto and tenor), and Don Honeywill (Baritone). The vocalists were Ray Pilgrim, Colin Day and Lorie Mann, with Mike Redway taking over from Colin and Barbara Kay taking over from Lorie. This was the period of the Rabin Band's longest running BBC radio series, the highly successful "Go Man Go", which ran weekly for 4 years.
The band was disbanded in the mid-1960s after the untimely death of David Ede, who was drowned in a sailing accident off Blackpool. But the Rabin name in music was carried on with the Mike Rabin Band, led by Oscar's grandson.
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