The Big Apple: Big M (summary)

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.

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 April 10, 2005

Big M (summary)

The Meadowlands Race Track in East Rutherford, New Jersey opened in 1976. Aqueduct had long been known as "the Big A." "The Big A" had been coined in the 1950s in reflection of "the Big Apple" nickname for New York's racetracks. (See above.)

The Meadowlands track quickly became known as "the Big M."

http://www.thebigm.com/faq.asp
Q. Who was the first horse to win a pari-mutuel race at the Meadowlands?
A. Quick Baron was the first horse to win a pari-mutuel race at the Meadowlands on September 1, 1976.

19 December 1976, New York Times, pg. NJ4:
"Big M" Is Luring
Big Bettors

9 October 1985, Newsday (NY), pg. 113:
Young America at Big M Draws 13

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