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. Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12 1915 &ndash May 14 1998 was an American singer and actor
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. Sinatra at the Sands is a 1966 (see 1966 in music) Live album by Frank Sinatra, accompanied by the Count Basie Band, conducted The Sands Hotel was an historic Las Vegas Strip hotel/casino that operated from December 15, 1952 to June 30, 1996. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Major Bowes Amateur Hour, radio 's best-known talent show was one of the most popular programs broadcast in the United States in the 1930s and 1940s 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. Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12 1915 &ndash May 14 1998 was an American singer and actor Edward Bowes ( 14 June 1874, San Francisco – 14 June 1946, Rumson New Jersey) was an American radio Major Bowes Amateur Hour, radio 's best-known talent show was one of the most popular programs broadcast in the United States in the 1930s and 1940s - The same photographs can be found in the Library of Congress LOC. The Library of Congress is the De facto National library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress gov
- An Italian Webpage Dedicated to the Hoboken Four Written in Italian - The same photographs can be found in the Library of Congress LOC. The Library of Congress is the De facto National library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress gov
- Here is a Translation via Google.
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