Wag Abbey

Charles "Wag" Abbey was a drummer and xylophonist in the earlier years of dance bands. He was present on hundreds of records and directed the "house" band for English Pathe in the early 1920s. He was a founder member of Jack Hylton's "Queen's Dance Orchestra" in 1921-22 and was much in demand in the 1920s by the organisers of many of the "house" dance bands such as Stan Greening, Harry Bidgood, Harry Hudson, Ronnie Munro and Nat Star.