The Big Apple: No Orleans

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 March 01, 2005

No Orleans

Disaster struck New Orleans in August 2005 from the Hurricane Katrina. "No Orleans" has been used by some.

(Google Groups)
New Orleans changes name to No Orleans
In honor of that, Bush changed his name to Pussy to reflect his AWOL Viet Nam days.
dfw.general - Aug 30, 7:48 pm by - 1 message - 1 author
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(Google Groups)
Ostrich on drugs again. No film at 11.
... Yeah, that's a tough guy. About as tough as the gumbo soil that underlies what is rapidly becoming No Orleans. and go cry with the others. ...
alt.abortion - Aug 31, 3:22 am by The Chief Instigator - 143 messages - 21 authors

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