Entry in progress—BP
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
Recent entries:
•“‘Never eat raw cookie dough’ sounds like a lie made up a long time ago by some guy that sold ovens” (4/29)
•“Great attitude is like a perfect cup of coffee. Don’t start your day without it” (4/29)
•“If I talk to you while I’m driving, I genuinely like you. Because that’s supposed to be my music time” (4/29)
•Entry in progress—BP44 (4/29)
•Entry in progress—BP43 (4/29)
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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