The Big Apple: “Olympia, WA” (1995) ("52nd and Broadway” lyric)

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. 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.

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Entry from December 06, 2004

“Olympia, WA” (1995) ("52nd and Broadway” lyric)

"Olympia, WA" by the punk band Rancid was on their album ...And Out Come the Wolves (1995). The lyrics mention the corner of 52nd Street and Broadway. Someone should tell Rancid that "Big Apple Corner" is 54th Street and Broadway.

We clearly need another Rancid song. This stinks.

http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/RANCID/Olympia-WA.html
hangin' on the corner of 52nd. and Broadway
cars passin' by but none of them seem to go my way

New York City well I wish I was on a highway
back to Olympia...

Posted by Barry Popik
Music/Dance/Theatre/Film/Circus • (0) Comments • Monday, December 06, 2004 • Permalink