“Big Apple Rock” (disco song by Black Ivory, 1979)
Black Ivory, an American R&B group formed in Harlem in 1969, was started by Leroy Burgess, Stuart Bascombe and Russell Patterson. The album Hangin' Heavy (1979) opens with "Big Apple…
“Big Apple Waltz” (song by Sweet, 1979)
"Big Apple Waltz" is a song from the album Cut Above the Rest (1979) by the English glam rock band Sweet. New York City is referred to, and the chorus is: "I've been so long in…
“Big Apple” (Robert S. Gold’s A Jazz Lexicon, 1964)
Robert S. Gold published A Jazz Lexicon (1964), providing historical citations for many terms. A follow-up book was Jazz Talk (1975). This entry is from A Jazz Lexicon, page 7: apple, (big), [by…
“Big Apple” (song by Kajagoogoo, 1983)
"Big Apple" is a 1983 song by the British pop band Kajagoogoo. A repeated lyric in the song is: "Life in the big apple moves very fast and so must you." A YouTube video of…
“Big Apple” (song by Molly Hatchet, 1978)
"Big Apple" is a song on side one of the album Molly Hatchet (1978), the self-titled debut album by American southern rock band Molly Hatchet. The song begins: "New York City,…
“Big Apple” explained in a movie (Barney’s Version film, 2010)
The origin of "Big Apple" was explained in the 2010 Canadian comedy-drama film Barney's Version, with a screenplay by Michael Konyves. This dialogue does not appear in the novel…
“Big Apple” lyric in the Joni Mitchell song “Song for Sharon” (1976)
Hejira (1976) is the eighth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. "Song for Sharon" is the first cut on the second side. "I went to Staten Island, Sharon"…
“Big Apple” lyric in the Lynyrd Skynyrd song “I’m a Country Boy” (1975)
"I'm a Country Boy" is a song on the album Nuthin' Fancy (1975) by the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. The singer is a country boy, and New York City is not for him. The song…
“Blessed and booked”
"Booked and blessed" is the dream of every performer. The saying (sometimes as "busy, booked & blessed," "booked, busy & blessed" and other variations) has…
“Blessed, booked and busy”
"Booked and blessed" is the dream of every performer. The saying (sometimes as "busy, booked & blessed," "booked, busy & blessed" and other variations) has…
“Blessed, busy and booked”
"Booked and blessed" is the dream of every performer. The saying (sometimes as "busy, booked & blessed," "booked, busy & blessed" and other variations) has…
“Bluegrass is music sung from the heart, through the nose”
"Bluegrass music. Sung from the heart through the nose" is a jocular one-liner that has been printed on T-shirts and bumper stickers. "Country used to be songs sung from the heart…
“Booked and blessed”
"Booked and blessed" is the dream of every performer. The saying (sometimes as "busy, booked & blessed," "booked, busy & blessed" and other variations) has…
“Booked, blessed and busy”
"Booked and blessed" is the dream of every performer. The saying (sometimes as "busy, booked & blessed," "booked, busy & blessed" and other variations) has…
“Booked, busy and blessed”
"Booked and blessed" is the dream of every performer. The saying (sometimes as "busy, booked & blessed," "booked, busy & blessed" and other variations) has…
“Bottoms get subtitles; tops get domtitles”
Foreign movies often have subtitles. Some people believe there should be "domtitles," as in "sub/dom." "subtitles, eh, WHAT ABOUT DOMTITLES?????? check mate" was…
“Bowery Gals” (1853)
The song "Bowery Gals" is usually called "Buffalo Gals." The song has had many different names. The following lyrics are "can't/won't you come out tonight and…
“Boy From New York City” (1965)
Finally, a song about me. This song was a hit for the Ad Libs in 1965, and then for the Manhattan Transfer in 1981. http://www.oldies.com/artist/view.cfm/id_3214.htmlDescription by Oldies.com:Best…
“Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl” (drama plot)
Boy Meets Girl is a play by Bella Spewak (1899-1990) and Samuel Spewak (1899-1971) that opened on Broadway on November 27, 1935. One character said: "BENSON. (indignantly) You couldn't…
“Break a leg!” (theatrical saying, meaning “good luck”)
It's often considered, in the theater and elsewhere, to be bad luck to wish someone "good luck." Instead, some people say, "Break a leg!" This appears to be from the German…