Frank Sinatra and the 3 Flashes
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The 3 Flashes were a musical group, that with the addition of Frank Sinatra
were renamed the Hoboken Four, after being known as Frank Sinatra and the 3 Flashes.
Frank Sinatra said in 1966 while performing live
at the Sands
that way back in 1935 when the group went to try out for the Major Bowes Amateur Hour
, Mr Bowes decided that the name just did not work and he changed it to the Hoboken Four. The group won the Amateur hour and according to Frank was invited back to compete again, but this time Major Bowes had to change the name to fool any contenders or the audience from thinking it was the same winning group competing against a fresh pack of amateurs. Later in life Frank often joked (most notably during his live 1966 Sands Recording) about all the dozens of names his group was given and how Major Bowes kept rigging the show for Frank to win.
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
were renamed the Hoboken Four, after being known as Frank Sinatra and the 3 Flashes.
Frank Sinatra said in 1966 while performing live
Sinatra at the Sands
Sinatra at the Sands is a 1966 live album by Frank Sinatra, accompanied by Count Basie and his orchestra, conducted and arranged by Quincy Jones, recorded live at the Copa Room of the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas....
at the Sands
Sands Hotel
The Sands Hotel was a historic Las Vegas Strip hotel/casino that operated from December 15, 1952 to June 30, 1996. Designed by architect Wayne McAllister, the Sands was the seventh resort that opened on the Strip....
that way back in 1935 when the group went to try out for the Major Bowes Amateur Hour
Major Bowes Amateur Hour
Major Bowes Amateur Hour, American radio's best-known talent show, was one of the most popular programs broadcast in the United States in the 1930s and 1940s...
, Mr Bowes decided that the name just did not work and he changed it to the Hoboken Four. The group won the Amateur hour and according to Frank was invited back to compete again, but this time Major Bowes had to change the name to fool any contenders or the audience from thinking it was the same winning group competing against a fresh pack of amateurs. Later in life Frank often joked (most notably during his live 1966 Sands Recording) about all the dozens of names his group was given and how Major Bowes kept rigging the show for Frank to win.
External links
- http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm018.html
- http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/images/tlc0370.jpg
- http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/music/eadxmlmusic/eadpdfmusic/mu004002_x.pdf
- http://www.loc.gov/performingarts/encyclopedia/collections/amateur.html
- Photograph of the Hoboken Four The older man in the middle is presumed to be Major Bowes. - The same photographs can be found in the Library of CongressLibrary of CongressThe Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
LOC.gov - An Italian Webpage Dedicated to the Hoboken Four Written in Italian - The same photographs can be found in the Library of CongressLibrary of CongressThe Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
LOC.gov - Here is a Translation via Google.
