His partner Harry Davis, who occasionally played guitar, was good with audiences and conducted the band while Oscar remained in the saxophone section.
[4] In 1951, the band was given a three-month trial at the Lyceum Ballroom in the Strand in central London, an engagement that eventually lasted over five years.
In 1953, Harry Davis left the band and the UK, breaking up the partnership with Rabin that had lasted for 30 years, and went to live with his daughter Beryl and her husband in California.
Following its residency at the Lyceum in the 1950s, the band moved to the Wimbledon Palais in November 1958 under the direction of David Ede and the management of Oscar's son Bernard.
[5] Personnel included Arthur Greenslade (piano), Sammy Stokes, Ron Prentice (bass), Freddy Adamson (drums), Don Sanford (guitar), Cecil Pressling (alto), Rex Morris (tenor), David Ede (alto and tenor), and Don Honeywill (baritone).