silvester's record sales were so huge that competition was inevitable. other dancers were attracted to the idea, and set up their own strict-tempo bands. henry jacques, maxwell stewart, josephine bradley and wally fryer were all top-flight dancers who set up in competition to silvester. there were other bands led by musicians who were capable of recording in strict time. the best for ballroom competitions was probably joe loss, who had an even longer musical career than silvester. other bands that catered to ballroom dancing were oscar rabin and jack harris, whose band played in clubs and restaurants through the 1930s, phil tate, and jack parnell. for the post-war period of latin dances to (mostly) cuban and brazilian rhythms, edmundo ros was in a class of his own.