sentences:  In 1937, while working with Oscar Rabin, he formed a band within the Rabin orchestra, performing "break sets" as "The Pieces of Eight" and this continued throughout World War II, dodging bombs during the London Blitz and across the country.After the war, thanks to radio broadcasts, records and incessant touring, Harry Gold and his Pieces of Eight became household names in Britain through the late 1940s and 1950s.In December 1945, Harry Gold and his Pieces of Eight recorded for the first time and began regularly appearing on the BBC's “Music While You Work” radio show.