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His drive and hunger, though, were outsize, and his show-biz breaks came slowly but punctually: first with Major Bowes's "Original Amateur Hour," then a stint with bandleader Harry James, and then the big time with Tommy Dorsey.

When Sinatra had the world on a string Louis Bayard 2010

His drive and hunger, though, were outsize, and his show-biz breaks came slowly but punctually: first with Major Bowes's "Original Amateur Hour," then a stint with bandleader Harry James, and then the big time with Tommy Dorsey.

When Sinatra had the world on a string Louis Bayard 2010

Following on from the story below, Nick Bowes's line manager, who was responsible for liaising * directly* with the Electoral Commission during the election campaign, was the Party's then Director of Finance & Legal Compliance.

ANOTHER EXCLUSIVE:What Did the New Labour General Secretary Know? 2006

Thanks to the Mail on Sunday Nick Bowes's thoughts on the cash for honours scandal have become rather more public than he would have hoped.

Labour Executive Blows the Whistle on Cash for Honours Scam 2006

(Bowes's programme was launched on New York radio in 1934 and went national a year later.)

Sinatra The Man Behind the Myth Taraborrelli, J. R. 1997

Frank had his first opportunity to tour as a singer at about sixty-five dollars a week when Bowes asked him and the Hoboken Four to tour with one of Bowes's many amateur companies.

Sinatra The Man Behind the Myth Taraborrelli, J. R. 1997

It was either Bowes's idea to team Frank with this other act from Hoboken and call them the Hoboken Four or Dolly's,, 'depending on which of the two accounts one wishes to believe.

Sinatra The Man Behind the Myth Taraborrelli, J. R. 1997

Bowes's NBC radio show was broadcast live from the Capitol Theater in New York.

Sinatra The Man Behind the Myth Taraborrelli, J. R. 1997

At any rate, when the quartet performed the Bing Crosby -- Mills Brothers hit 'Shine' on Bowes's show, they were a success.

Sinatra The Man Behind the Myth Taraborrelli, J. R. 1997

Bowes's men gave Schmidt paper and a pen and sent him to his cell to write out his confession.

THE GREAT ESCAPE BRICKHILL, PAUL 1951