The Big Apple: “This next song is about subtraction. Take it away, boys”

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 March 14, 2021

“This next song is about subtraction. Take it away, boys”

"My next song is about subtraction. Take it away...” was posted on Twitter by sickipediabot on January 10, 2011. The joke originated on the Sickipedia website.

“This next song is about subtraction. Take it away boys” was posted on Twitter by Bob Kostic on May 28, 2017, “This next song is about subtraction… Take it away boys!” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on September 26, 2017.

“The next song is all about subtractions. Take it away boys” was posted on Reddit—Oneliners on July 12, 2020. “The next song is all about subtractions.... Take it away boys” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on November 22, 2020, and on Reddit—Jokes on March 14, 2021.

Twitter
Lock Down Woody
@DavidJEWood
My next song is about subtraction.
Take it away…
2:40 PM · Jan 10, 2011·TweetDeck

Twitter
sickipediabot
@sickipediabot
My next song is about subtraction.
Take it away…
3:40 PM · Jan 10, 2011·sickipediabot

Twitter
The Saddest Boi
@Thee_Arcane_One
My next song is about subtraction.
Take it away… #sickipedia
5:22 PM · Jan 30, 2011·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
“This next song is about subtraction.”
“Take it away boys.”
5:08 PM · May 28, 2017·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
Mark Cooper
@Cooperm4n
This next song is about subtraction… take it away fellas…
6:44 AM · May 29, 2017·Twitter Web App

Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/madazzahatter September 26, 2017
This next song is about subtraction…
“Take it away boys!”

Twitter
Dad Jokes
@Dadsaysjokes
The next song is about subtraction…
“Take it away boys!”
1:28 PM · Sep 27, 2017·Twitter for iPhone

Reddit—Oneliners
Posted by u/madazzahatter October 17, 2018
This next song is about subtraction, so take it away boys!

Reddit—Oneliners
Posted by u/Perfumo July 12, 2020
The next song is all about subtractions. Take it away boys.

Twitter
Kids and life hacks
@guys_and
The next song is all about subtractions. Take it away boys.
3:25 AM · Jul 13, 2020·IFTTT

Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/VERBERD November 22, 2020
The next song is all about subtractions....
Take it away boys.

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/VERBERD March 14, 2021
The next song is all about subtractions…
Take it away boys.

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