The Big Apple: “Texas Stories Told Here…Some True”

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.

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan.

Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Oct. 17, 1931, Turf Play, p. 7.

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 August 10, 2007

“Texas Stories Told Here…Some True”

"Texas Stories Told Here...Some True” has appeared on items for purchase in Texas gift shops. See also “No Brag, Just Fact.”

T Shirts N Texas - Texas Signs N Sayins
Texas Stories
A Texas Truth
This sign is made in Texas and tells it like it is! Not all stories are true...jus’ the important ones!
about 3"x7" (give ‘er take a foot)

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Texas (Lone Star State Dictionary) • (0) Comments • Friday, August 10, 2007 • Permalink