Singer Gary Barlow once sent music bosses topless photos of himself in order to land a record deal.

The 43-year-old singer has admitted he was so desperate to become famous as a teenager that he sent out shirtless snaps to managers and his efforts did the trick as he was snapped up by Nigel Martin-Smith to join Take That in 1990, reports contactmusic.com.

The `Let Me Go` star was confronted with his embarrassing pictures by Nigel in new BBC One documentary, `When Corden Met Barlow`, with actor James Corden.

Barlow explained: "I sent out a tape and lots of photos to lots of managers. This is what came to the office. Look at that!"