The 3 Flashes were a musical group, that with the addition of
Frank SinatraFrancis 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 a successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, being the idol of the "bobby soxers." His professional career had stalled by the...
were renamed the
Hoboken Four, after being known as
Frank Sinatra and the 3 Flashes.
Frank Sinatra said in 1966 while performing liveSinatra at the Sands is a 1966 live album by Frank Sinatra, accompanied by the Count Basie Band, 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 Casino" redirects here. For the defunct casino in Atlantic City, see Sands Atlantic City.The Sands Hotel was a historic Las Vegas Strip hotel/casino that operated from December 15, 1952 to June 30, 1996...
that way back in 1935 when the group went to try out for the
Major Bowes Amateur HourMajor 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.
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The 3 Flashes were a musical group, that with the addition of
Frank SinatraFrancis 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 a successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, being the idol of the "bobby soxers." His professional career had stalled by the...
were renamed the
Hoboken Four, after being known as
Frank Sinatra and the 3 Flashes.
Frank Sinatra said in 1966 while performing liveSinatra at the Sands is a 1966 live album by Frank Sinatra, accompanied by the Count Basie Band, 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 Casino" redirects here. For the defunct casino in Atlantic City, see Sands Atlantic City.The Sands Hotel was a historic Las Vegas Strip hotel/casino that operated from December 15, 1952 to June 30, 1996...
that way back in 1935 when the group went to try out for the
Major Bowes Amateur HourMajor 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.
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- 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 Congress
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- An Italian Webpage Dedicated to the Hoboken Four Written in Italian - The same photographs can be found in the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress and is 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 holds the largest number of books. The head...
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- Here is a Translation via Google.