The Big Apple: “Some people say I’m addicted to somersaults, but that’s just how I roll”

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 October 07, 2017

“Some people say I’m addicted to somersaults, but that’s just how I roll”

"Some people say I’m addicted to somersaults, but that’s just how I roll” is a jocular one-line saying, The saying was posted on Twitter on March 24, 2015.

“Doing a few somersaults. That’s just how I roll” is an earlier form that was posted on Twitter on February 5, 2010.

Twitter
Jacob Walton‏
@cobacious
Doing a few somersaults. That’s just how I roll.
3:44 PM - 5 Feb 2010

Twitter
Dan Conlin‏
@ConVito
Somersaults. That’s just how I roll.
7:33 PM - 12 Sep 2011

Twitter
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@Michionary
I’m a champion at somersaults. But that’s just how i roll.
6:03 AM - 29 Nov 2011

Twitter
Christopher Jobe ن‏‏
@sharky67
Pun of the day:
Some people say I’m addicted to somersaults, but that’s just how I roll.
6:47 AM - 24 Mar 2015

Twitter
UPB‏
@UPBatBSU
Some people say I’m addicted to somersaults, but that’s just how I roll.
#PunOfTheDay #DailyBuzz #GetWithTheProgram #ShareTheLaughs
9:24 AM - 25 Mar 2015

8 June 2016, Fraser Coast Chronicle (Maryborough, Queensland), pg. 14:
Some people say I’m addicted to somersaults but that’s just how I roll.

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Pg. ?:
Some people say I’m addicted to somersaults…
but that’s just how I roll.

Reddit—Dad Jokes
Some people say I’m addicted to somersaults… (self.dadjokes)
submitted April 14, 2017 by madazzahatter
…but that’s just how I roll…

Twitter
American Gent‏
@AmericanGent69
Me: Some people say I’m addicted to somersaults. But that’s just how I roll.
Therapist: I meant do you have any other harmful addictions.
2:24 PM - 30 Sep 2017

Reddit—Oneliners
Some people say I’m addicted to somersaults but that’s just how I roll.
submitted October 8, 2017 by wonliners

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