The Big Apple: “When you’re ready for the weekend, but it’s only Tuesday”

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 16, 2021

“When you’re ready for the weekend, but it’s only Tuesday”

Entry in progress—BP

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Aakar Shroff
@aakar
I’m ready for the weekend, but it’s only Tuesday
7:35 AM · Mar 10, 2009·Twitter Web Client

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Marianne Stanley
@Marianne70
ready for the weekend.....but it’s only Tuesday! **sigh**
8:48 AM · Jul 28, 2009·Twitter Web Client

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Micah de Valle
@lovemicah18
I am so ready for the weekend.. but it’s only tuesday.
1:43 PM · Feb 16, 2010·Twitter Web Client

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April Merritts
@Aprmmerr88
I’m ready for the weekend. But it’s only Tuesday. Dang.
2:24 PM · Mar 23, 2010·Twitter Web Client

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Morgan Watson
@MorganEwatsonn
When you’re ready for the weekend but it’s only Tuesday<<<
@L_Faulk
1:48 PM · Feb 10, 2015 from Lake Charles, LA·Twitter for iPhone

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_sarah_xx
@sarahmont1999
When you’re ready for the weekend but it’s only Tuesday = [Expressionless face]
5:25 PM · Aug 25, 2015·Twitter for iPhone

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childish lindsino
@lindsey_erin3
When you’re ready for the weekend but it’s only Tuesday @KrissyRyhal
10:19 AM · Sep 1, 2015·Twitter for iPhone

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The ATTIC
@TheATTIC_LA
When you’re ready for the weekend but it’s only Tuesday.
4:27 PM · Oct 6, 2015·Twitter Web Client

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