The Big Apple: “If by living the American dream you mean paycheck to paycheck then yes I am”

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 November 15, 2019

“If by living the American dream you mean paycheck to paycheck then yes I am”

"If by living the American dream you mean paycheck to paycheck then yes I am” is a saying that has been printed on an ecard. The saying was posted on Twitter by Drunk N Naughty on November 15, 2012.

Twitter
Drunk N Naughty
@drunkNnaughty
If by living the American dream you mean paycheck to paycheck then yes I am.
8:17 AM · Nov 15, 2012·Favstar.FM

Twitter
Gnome
@Stang5_0
RT: @drunkNnaughty: If by living the American dream you mean paycheck to paycheck then yes I am. <~Me too, Hooray us!
11:38 AM · Nov 15, 2012·Echofon

Twitter
Jason
@ShaqsRantz
If by living the American dream you mean paycheck to paycheck then yes I am.
6:54 PM · Feb 9, 2013·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
🇺🇸Jason🇺🇸
@TuttlePatriarch
If by living the American Dream you mean… (An ecard is shown with the full saying.—ed.)
3:57 PM · Jun 6, 2014·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
👽AerynK🛸🏳️‍🌈
@AerynKelly13
If by “living the American dream” you mean “paycheck to paycheck” then YES! We are.
11:24 AM · Jun 18, 2019·TweetDeck

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