Mike Rabon was the lead guitar and lead singer of the 1960s hit group The Five Americans. He was also co-writer of the groups hits like "Western Union" and "I See The Light". He was born in Port Arthur Texas in April 1943 but moved to southeastern Oklahoma in the first year of his life. So he is a born Texan but a native Oklahoman. His father and mother, both born Oklahomans taught school in a tiny community in Oklahoma called Spencerville population about 300. It was there that Rabon taught himself to play guitar. By 12 he had joined a local group called The Buckaroos.

After high school he joined the army reserve for a 6 months stint in Fort Jackson South Carolina. After the army he enrolled in college at Southeastern State University in Durant, Oklahoma. It was there that he formed the beginnings of The Five Americans. The band was named The Muntineers but was later changed to The Five Americans to combat the rock and roll British influx in the mid-1960s. The group became successful charting 5 records: "I See The Light", "Evol Not Love", "Sound of Love", "ZipCode" and "Western Union". Rabon later formed a group called Michael Rabon and Choctaw which consisted mostly of himself and Five American drummer Jimmy Wright. One album was released by UNI in the early 1970s to good reviews but was mostly overlooked by the label due promotional and legal difficulties. After 10 years in the music business Rabon went back to college and obtained his master's degree in administration and is currently involved in education technology in his hometown of Hugo, Oklahoma. To date The most popular song co-written by Rabon "Western Union" has been covered by The Ventures, The Strangers (Australia) and The Searchers (England). "Western Union" was also used in the film Vanilla Sky starring Tom Cruise.