The Big Apple: “Don’t be ashamed of who you are. That’s your parents’ job”

A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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.

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

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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Entry from June 30, 2020

“Don’t be ashamed of who you are. That’s your parents’ job”

"Don’t be ashamed of who you are. That’s your parents’ job” is a saying that has been printed on many images. “Don’t be ashamed of who you are. That’s your parents job” was posted on Twitter by GrossHopper on December 5, 2013.

Twitter
GrossHopper
@AGStr8upNinja
Don’t be ashamed of who you are.
That’s your parents job.
1:40 AM · Dec 5, 2013·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
milk
@miilkkk
Don’t be ashamed of who you are. That’s your parents job.
11:06 PM · Dec 9, 2013·Twitter for Android

Twitter
Bill Murray
@BiIIMurray
Don’t be ashamed of who you are. That’s your parents job.
5:43 PM · Aug 3, 2014·Buffer

Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
Don’t be ashamed of who you are.
That’s your parents’ job.
1:16 PM · Feb 22, 2017·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
9GAG
@9GAG
Don’t be ashamed of who you are.
That’s your parents’ job.
4:00 PM · Mar 2, 2017·Buffer

Google Books
Title Don’t Be Ashamed Of Who You Are. That’s Your Parents’ Job.: Wide Ruled Composition Notebook
Author Grace Ink
Publisher Independently Published, 2019
ISBN 1081412968, 9781081412968
Length 112 pages

Twitter
QT@Anon
@QTAnon1
Don’t be ashamed of who you are.
That’s your parents’ job.
4:16 AM · Jul 1, 2020·Twitter Web App

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