The Big Apple: “Sex is like music: For every person who pays for it, there are thousands more getting it for free”

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 September 20, 2017

“Sex is like music: For every person who pays for it, there are thousands more getting it for free”

"Sex is like music: for every person who pays for it, there are thousands more getting it for free” is a popular line for the internet age. The saying was posted on Twitter on September 28, 2009.

Twitter
Mo Gilligan‏
@MoTheComedian
RT @JamieHowardHaha: Sex is like music: For every one who pays for it there are hundreds getting it for free.
9:10 PM - 28 Sep 2009

Twitter
Chu Yeow‏
@chuyeow
Seen on Facebook: “Sex is like music… for every person paying for it there are thousands getting it for free.”
9:24 AM - 17 Nov 2009

Google Books
5,000 Great One Liners
Compiled by Grant Tucker
London, UK: Biteback Publishing
2012
Pg. ?:
Sex is like music. For every person who pays for it, there are thousands more getting it for free.

Twitter
Men’s Humor‏
@MensHumor
Sex is like music: for every person who pays for it, there are thousands more getting it for free.
4:30 PM - 31 Jul 2012

Facebook
Shaffie Weru
October 4, 2016 ·
Sex is like music: for every person who pays for it, there are thousands more getting it for free.
#TeamShaffie #TeamMafisi

Reddit—3amjokes
Sex is like music… self.3amjokes
Submitted September 20, 2017 by madazzahatter
...for every person who pays for it, there are thousands more getting it for free…

Posted by Barry Popik
New York City • Music/Dance/Theatre/Film/Circus • Wednesday, September 20, 2017 • Permalink