The Big Apple: New York, New York: So nice, they named it twice

Above, a plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at west 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan.

Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Oct. 17, 1931, Turf Play, p. 7.

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.

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Entry from July 18, 2004

New York, New York: So nice, they named it twice

"So nice, they named it twice" is given as the name of a play listed in the New York Times, December 28, 1975.

It's surprising that it doesn't show up much earlier--we now have digitized text of many of Walter Winchell's columns. But it looks like the New York slang master didn't use it.

Posted by Barry Popik
Nicknames/Slogans • (0) Comments • Sunday, July 18, 2004 • Permalink