Possible Clues:

• Defeat all comers
• Another Henry James, who recorded that of Fashion
• Leaders of the record industry use many people hoping for success
• End of contest with one coming in bottom beginning to hate what he hasn't achieved
• I blew into brass instrument hard: success!
• Achieve victory
• Come out on top
• Ancient Roman equivalent of a ticker-tape parade
• Significant card -- hearts -- securing current victory
• Journey mostly at universal speed, leading to success