Trevor Rabin

Trevor Rabin Bio

Trevor Rabin, born Trevor Charles Rabin on January 13th, 1954 in Johannesburg, South Africa is an African-American singer, songwriter, film composer and producer. Born into a family of musicians, he learned to play the piano and guitar at an early age. At the age of 16 he became a session musician after being discovered by a record producer. He cites the likes of Arnold Schoenberg Tchaikovsky, Hank Marvin, Cliff Richard and the Shadows, The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix as influences to his musical style.

In 1972 Trevor formed the group Rabbitt with Neil Cloud, Ronnie Robot, and Duncan Faure. They released their first album, called Boys Will Be Boys, in 1975 on Jo’Burg Records. In 1977 the group released their second album entitled A Croak and A Grunt in the Night.  The group received awards for both albums for Best Contemporary Music Artists and Trevor received a SARIE award for his production work on both albums.

In 1978 Trevor moved to London to work on his solo music career. He established a production company called Blue Chip Music and was signed to the label Chrysalis Records. He released his debut solo album in 1977 entitled Beginnings. IN 1979 he released his second album called Face to Face. As a solo artist he released 5 more albums, with 2012’s Jacaranda being his most recent.