TREVOR RABIN (SA)

Born: 13 January 1954
Full name: Trevor Charles Rabin

Trevor was born in Johannesburg into a musical family. His mother was a painter, ballet dancer, actress and classical pianist while his father was a lawyer but was also a conductor and lead violist for the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Rabin would start piano lessons aged six and would later teach himself guitar. While still in his teens he formed a group called The Other and would later form The Conglomeration. He would then join Freedom’s Children for a year before reforming The Conglomeration in 1972. This would eventually morph in Rabbitt with whom he would have a number of hits. In 1977 he left the band and headed to London and then on to Los Angeles. He would forge a successful solo career and spend a good period as a member of the band Yes. His solo albums, ‘Trevor Rabin’ and ‘Can’t Look Away’, made it to 192 and 111 on the US album charts respectively. He would also go on to write a number of film soundtracks including the music for the films ‘Con Air’ and ‘Armageddon’.

Date of entry	Song	Peak (weeks at 1)	Weeks
16-Dec-1977	Fantasy	12	8
		Total hits	1
		Total weeks	8

Biggest climber awards	1
Star rater climbs	2
Biggest fallers	0
Weeks with oldest in the charts	0
Longest run in the charts (weeks)	8
Weeks with more than 1 in the charts	0
Biggest gap between hits (weeks)	0
Top 30 points ranking	=937
Top 20 points ranking	=933
Top 30 points	126
Top 20 points	46

Hits as a member of Rabbitt:

Date of entry	Song	Peak (weeks at 1)	Weeks
05-Jan-1973	Locomotive Breath	11	14
18-Jun-1976	Charlie	9	7
02-Sep-1977	Morning Light	15	3
23-Dec-1977	Getting Thru To You	15	5
		Total hits	4
		Total weeks	29

Yes hit featuring Trevor Rabin:

Date of entry	Song	Peak (weeks at 1)	Weeks
30-Dec-1983	Owner Of A Lonely Heart	11	16
		Total hits	1
		Total weeks	16

Rabin would have song writing credits on ‘Charlie’, ‘Fantasy’, ‘Owner Of A Lonely Heart’ and ‘Morning Light’ as well as playing on and co-writing the following Julian Laxton Band hit:

Date of entry	Song	Peak (weeks at 1)	Weeks
02-Jul-1976	Celebrate The Rain	10	8
		Total hits	1
		Total weeks	8

Rabin would have producer credits on ‘Charlie’, ‘Morning Light’ and ‘Fantasy’ as well as the following:

Song	Act	Peak (weeks at 1)	Weeks
Blue Water	Julian Laxton Band	7	8
I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)	Margaret Singana	2	18
		Total hits	2
		Total weeks	26

Rabin would have arrangement credits on the following hit by Sharon Tandy & Graham Clarke:

Date Of Entry	Song	Peak (Weeks at 1)	Weeks
29-Jul-1977	I Believe In You	9	11
		Total hits	1
		Weeks	11

Rabin would play guitar on the following Manfred Mann’s Earth Band Hit:

Date Of Entry	Song	Peak (Weeks at 1)	Weeks
06-Jul-1984	Runner	8	13
		Total hits	1
		Weeks	13

Total chart involvement:

Number of hits	11
Weeks	111